Food & Drink
SwopBoard: Sell your Stuff, Support your School
By Seattle Mag October 10, 2013
!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://local.seattlemag.com/swink-style-bar“Swink Style Bar/a co-founder and mom, Natalie Angelillo, has a new project. a href=”http://www.swopboard.com/#!/Home” target=”_blank”SwopBoard/a, a recently launched online marketplace is the place to go if you have gently used stuff with a lot of life left in it, that you want to sell. Geared towards parents, the good news about SwopBoard is that a minimum of 10 percent of your transaction is donated directly to the school of your choice./p
pInventory turns over all the time, but a recent perusal on the site found a ton of great Halloween costumes, which means right now is a good time to hit it up./p
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