WHAT: PennMOVES, now in its fifth year, is an effort to find a home for items University of Pennsylvania students leave behind at the end of the academic year.
Clothes, furniture, kitchen gear, electronics and more have been collected and sorted and will be offered for sale, with proceeds going to Goodwill Industries.
All items are sold “as is” with no returns accepted.
WHO: The public is invited.
WHEN: Saturday, June 2
8-10 a.m.; early-bird admission for a fee of $5
10 a.m.–3 p.m., free admission
WHERE: Penn’s South Bank, 3401 Grays Ferry Ave. Free parking is available, and Penn Transit will provide free shuttle service to and from campus from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Shuttles will pick up riders at the Schattner Center at 240 S. 40th St. (at Locust) approximately every 20 minutes.
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