Shopping at yard sales is one of America’s favorite weekend pastimes. Budding entrepreneurs with a willingness to work hard can capitalize on this trend and make some money. Real economic concepts, such as supply and demand, are covered while readers learn the ins and outs of planning, buying supplies, advertising, and other tools of any successful business.

Many motivated youngsters are always trying to think up new ways to make some extra money. Running a bake sale can be a simple and lucrative business with the proper planning and organization. Young people learn all the steps to run a successful bake sale and get some useful tips and a handy checklist as well.

A yard work business is perfect for any young people who are hard working and not afraid to get a little dirty. This title stresses the importance of advertising, attention to detail, and fair pricing to ensure that new businesspeople get repeat customers. The types of supplies that are needed and other tips for a successful yard care business are covered as well.

With heightened awareness of our environment and the importance of recycling, the pump is primed for a young entrepreneur to make some serious cash while helping the planet. Each section focuses on a different aspect of running a recycling business from start to finish, including brainstorming your idea, making a business plan, and putting that plan into action. Tips and a checklist at the back make sure young people are set up for success.

All cars get dirty sometime. Why not be there to make some money when cleaning time comes around. Young business people will find out about the importance of making a plan, getting the word out, and hiring help. A car wash is one of the simplest businesses out there. Young people interested in running a car wash can set attainable goals and reap the rewards—money!

Many young people babysit, but with the information in this title at their fingertips, babysitting can be brought to a whole new level of money making potential. Tips on marketing oneself and highlighting extra credentials, such as CPR certifications or having taken a babysitting course, are covered. Scheduling, arriving at a job prepared, and safety are also highlighted.

One person's trash is another person's treasure. Sometimes people want to get rid of things from their home but don't want those things to be thrown away or wasted. However, they also don't want the work of planning and executing a yard sale. With this volume, readers will learn how to plan a yard sale for their own unwanted possessions, and how to plan a friend or neighbor's yard sales. A complete list of supplies, such as price stickers and folding tables, aids readers in taking the first step toward entrepreneurship.

In a ski town divided over a new development, two strangers discover that coming of agethe second time aroundis about wising up instead of growing up. Elaine McKenzie has spent fourteen years negotiating acquisitions for a Newport Beach real estate development firm. Now shes in charge of a project that will transform sleepy Devils Creek, California, into a world-class ski resortand give her a shot at the corner office. But after she uproots her teenage daughter and relocates to the mountains, Elaine finds out that local environmentalists are organizing to oppose the project. Orthopedic surgeon Hart Cameron has been relieved of his roles as father and husband following the death of his son and his subsequent divorce. He goes home to Devils Creek and takes a job as a ski patroller in an effort to piece his life back together. Hart already knows what Elaine is about to discover: were all just one bad fall away from losing everything.

Henry L. Woodward is a devoted Sailer and a US Navy veteran who served as a Combat Medical Corpsman in Vietnam. At the end of his service, he took his discharge in Hawaii and stayed in Honolulu and began a new life. Within less than two years, he graduated as a paramedic from the State of Hawaii Paramedic School and worked “on the road” on all the islands for over a year. This experience ended when he was asked to and accepted the position of ambulance services inspection officer for the State of Hawaii, Department of Health, Emergency Medical Services System Division. In that capacity, he was responsible for inspecting all ambulances on the seven islands of the state which had ambulances and enforcing compliance with the state ambulance service regulations. Because of his successes in regulation enforcement, he was then offered and again accepted the position of program officer for all Emergency Medical Services for the entire state of Hawaii. In this capacity, he was responsible for all 911 ambulances and ambulance services, all the paramedics and all the EMTs for the state. Within two years of becoming a paramedic, he had advanced from being a paramedic to running the whole program for Emergency Medical Services for the entire state of Hawaii. Following these two successes, he left the Department of Health and became an international paramedic, traveling to forty-five countries by working wherever he went to earn money for the next stop. During this time, from 1976 through 1994, he maintained a journal completing nineteen handwritten volumes. It is from these incredible experiences that the beginning inspirations for Life’s Unknown Poems were first realized. He ultimately returned to his hometown of Vancouver, Washington, where he worked his final year as a paramedic. The next challenge was to finish his bachelor’s degree at Washington State University for which he paid by learning the art of “Yard Sailing” from a lifelong friend named Mr. Dan Kelly. It is from his three years of doing Yard and Swap Meet sales in order to pay for his school fees that this book, Yare Sale Today, has its origins. After completing his bachelor’s degree and the writing of Yard Sale Today, Mr. Woodward continued to write and has just completed his second book, Life’s Unknown Poems. This book was inspired by his travels through forty-five countries as mentioned above and will be out of editing and available for sales in the Spring of 2021. His third book, Code Three—Life of a Paramedic, is now being written. It is a collection of the ambulance calls which continued to haunt Mr. Woodward since they were first experienced during his years as a paramedic. All the deaths, all the tragedies are written as they happened, and as Mr. Woodward told me, “It was time to get rid of them. I didn’t want to continue remembering them all and go on to die so sad. I had to do something, so I wrote them out to get them out.” For now, Mr. Woodward hopes you enjoy Yard Sale Today in either the print or online versions.

Down-to-earth ways to save a fortune by picking rubbish, scavenging scrap, and buying cheap what has to be bought. From free firewood to $50 cars I've truly benefitted through the years.