Bear Swap & Sell

Do you have a ton of old clothes that don't fit any more? Want to share your fabulous fashions with your bear kindred?

On Sunday 22 June Harbour City Bears is hosting an apparel swap and sell at the Inner West Pride centre in Newtown! Donate your good old apparel, and you'll be able to pick up an equal number of items from the selection donated by others! If you don’t have any to donate, you can still purchase on the day. 

How it works 

Donate items: Bring your clean, good-condition clothes and accessories to us before the event. For each item you donate, you’ll receive a coupon. On the day, you can use these coupons to “buy” other donated items.

No clothes to donate? No problem! You can still come browse and purchase items at very affordable prices.

Leftovers go to a good cause: Anything that doesn't find a new home will be donated to local charities. 

Where and when to drop items off 

Drop off your good apparel with the committee before the day, and we’ll give you a coupon for each item you donate. We’ll sort the clothes and accessories into sizes and take them all to the Newtown Pride Centre on Sunday 22 June. You can bring your stuff to the Townie any Sunday between now and then, or if you want to arrange something else, contact us.

Everyone’s welcome to browse and buy- you can use coupons if you’ve donated or buy items if you haven’t!

Anything left at the end of the day will be donated to charity.

You don’t need to be there to sell it yourself- you’re ‘donating’ the items, and then you can pick from the other items that others have donated. 

What kinds of items?

• Shirts & tees
• Pants & shorts 
• Hats & caps 
• Jackets & hoodies 
• Footwear 
• Accessories like belts, suspenders, cuffs, chains etc. 

We’re keeping it apparel-only for our first event, so please hold off on homewares, books, or other garage sale-type items.

Make sure your donations are freshly washed, in good shape, and something you’d be happy to see someone else wear.