Yard sale

Five years ago a number of liberal Carbon County activists decided that we needed a permanent headquarters for environmental and labor groups and candidates on the left of the political spectrum.  We formed a group called the Community Outreach Association and opened a headquarters in downtown Lehighton under the name Democratic Information Center.

The D.I.C., as it is more commonly known, provides a meeting room for Democratic candidates, for the Carbon County Labor Chapter, for the environmental group “Save Carbon County,” and for any other liberal or progressive group that needs a meeting space or headquarters.

The Community Outreach Association is not an official part of the Democratic Party.  Our Board of Directors (of which I am a member) is completely independent of any other political organization.  If the Clinton campaign wants to use our HQ, fine.  If Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden wants to use the facilities, also fine.

We get our funding from local activists.  We also hold a once-a-year yard sale at 6495 Pohopoco Drive.  The yard sale is tomorrow, and 14 people have donated items for the sale.  We have art, antiques, furniture, thousands of books, dishes, tools, WWII machine gun oil in its original container, CocaCola bottles, and hundreds of other items.  Stop by.  It is for a good cause.

P.S.:  We ship to Belgium.