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Baby Bargain Boutique brings community together
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Families set up tents all around Boardman Park on Sept. 24 during the Baby Bargain Boutique fall sale.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Tents that were set up sold clothing, toys and other items for children at the Baby Bargain Boutique sale at Boardman Park on Sept. 24.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Guests from around the Mahoning Valley came to Boardman Park on Sept. 24 to shop during the Baby Bargain Boutique sale.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
Boardman Park hosted the 12th biannual fall Baby Bargain Boutique on Sept. 24.
The Baby Bargain Boutique is put on twice a year, in the spring and fall, at Boardman Park for families to buy and sell gently used items. More than 150 vendors attended the Baby Bargain Boutique and many more than 2,000 people shop those different vendors. There are no commercial vendors, only families selling to other families.
The Baby Bargain Boutique provides a way for families to find good deals and connect with other families in the community.
Several families come to Boardman Park, in the rain or shine, to look for deals. Those who attend the four hour event are there to bargain shop for themselves as well as others. Many vendors attend one, or both, Baby Bargain Boutiques at Boardman Park year after year hoping to help out other families.
While many families are veterans of the event, there are also several people who came for the first time whether it was to be a vendor or to shop.
Families return time after time because it gives them a sense of community bonding. People are helping each other out and bringing the community together to have a fun time shopping.
The spring Baby Bargain Boutique will take place again in May.