By Linda Stinnett

Crime Stoppers of Derby has set this year’s date for the 2012 Citywide Garage Sale at Saturday, June 2.

The date has been moved and is a few weeks earlier than it was this past year, according to Fred Wilken, chairman of the Derby Citywide Garage Sale. The date has been changed to better align the sales with spring cleanup and the Derby Days celebration, he said. 

The Citywide Garage Sale has traditionally been held  after Derby Days, but its date was moved this past year due to conflicts with new dates for Wichita’s River Festival.

This is the 21st year Crime Stoppers has sponsored this event and it has become very popular for the community.  Having a number of garage sales on one Saturday in the spring brings a large number of people to the city and makes everyone’s garage sale more productive.

Registration for the garage sale will begin on May 5 and the cutoff date for signups will be May 26. Derby residents are encouraged to set their garage sale for that date and sign up at one of the financial institutions in Derby, or The Derby Informer.  

A donation of $10 to Crime Stoppers of Derby will take care of all the details required for a garage sale. Those include advertisements in the Informer, a sign for the front yard and the address listed on a local map that will be distributed and printed in the paper. 

This is one of the major fundraisers for Crime Stoppers of Derby and provides money for the rewards to persons who call in tips to 788-TIPS and provide information that leads to the arrest of anyone committing a crime in Derby.  Persons who call in tips will not be asked their names.  

 Crime Stoppers thanks all who have participated in the past and helped make this annual event such a success.  

For further information, call Wilken at 788-1705 or Linsey Cutsinger at 351-9900 or email fwilken@cox.net or lcutsinger@farmersagent.com.