If you like garage sales, this weekend, you can combine that with helping out a community cause.

Sunset Palliative Care's staging a two-day fundraising garage sale at Portage la Prairie's BDO Centre, on Friday and Saturday. The event will also feature a canteen, which raises money for Recreation Opportunities for Kids.

Executive Director Aldene Moroz hopes you'll be part of it, by donating items to the sale. She stresses Sunset's a non-profit organization.

"We do get a small grant from the United Way, which was the first year that we had applied for it. But that doesn't cover our operating costs on a daily and monthly basis, of course. And so this money is very important because of only having two fundraisers a year, which is this one, and of course, our annual barbecue, which is coming on June 17th at Co-op."

Moroz urges you to be part of the garage sale.

"Everyone has been touched with someone in a family , or a close friend, who has had a palliative illness. It hits every person, because there is no hope at this point, so by having people come out and support us, we know then that they are supporting the palliative care program in Portage."

She adds they're accepting donations Wednesday and Thursday at the back, west-end of the BDO Centre. If you need help transporting them, you can call Sunset Palliative Care at 204-857-3746.