Just Between Friends Holds Local Sale, Families Save and Make Money Selling Gently-Used Items

November 7, 2022

Press release from Just Between Friends

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Just Between Friends (JBF), North America’s largest and leading children’s and maternity pop-up consignment community marketplace, will hold a sale in Alachua from Thursday, November 10 through Sunday, November 13. Located at Legacy Park Multipurpose Center, the sale provides local families with a way to save and make money by selling gently-used children’s items.

The local owner of Just Between Friends of Gainesville is Karen Miner, a mom herself. Miner’s sale will provide an affordable way to purchase seasonal kids’ clothes and items while giving families a way to save money ahead of the holidays. With over 600 families selling and 5,000 shopping, this is a much-needed event for the community.

Safe KIDS’ Day on November 12

The November sale will also host a free “Safe KIDS’ Day” event on November 12th from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., featuring local health and safety professionals offering safety information for parents and activities for children. This event will be followed by “Hometown Hero Shopping” from 1 – 3 p.m. where local children in the foster system will have a shopping spree with Alachua County Police and Firemen.

Some of the contributors to “Safe KIDS’ Day” and “Hometown Hero Shopping” are:

· Alachua Police Department

· Alachua Fire Department

· Alachua County Public Library

· Alachua Public Schools HIPPY mentor program

· Alachua WIC Program

· Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD)

· Department of Children and Families

· Early Learning Coalition of Alachua County

· Florida Department of Health Early Steps

· Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System (FDLRS)

· Foster Florida

· Gator CPR

· Healthy Start Florida

· Partnership for Strong Families

· ShandsCair Helicopter

· UF College of Dentistry

· UF Health W.H.A.L.E

· UF PED Rehab

For more information on the Just Between Friends – Gainesville sale, visit https://gainesville.jbfsale.com/.

JBF helps families make money by providing a safe marketplace to sell their outgrown children’s items to other local families. At the same time families can save up to 90 percent on nearly everything they need for their families; these items are consigned or new items from brand partnerships. This is a big benefit to many families that are struggling financially due to shutdowns, and rising prices.

About Just Between Friends

Just Between Friends (JBF) is North America’s largest and leading children’s and maternity pop-up consignment community marketplace and is the only franchise in this vertical to employ an industry-leading safety and recall expert. Just Between Friends provides a resource for families shopping or selling items for a variety of reasons – from saving money on a strict budget to family trips – as well as providing a sustainable resource in the consignment sale space. What began as a sale between a few mom friends, including CEO and Co-founder Shannon Wilburn in 1997, has grown into a nationwide phenomenon with more than 150 franchises in 32 states.