This is a sad ending -- mostly because of the reason for the ending. The Guelph Mercury published a feature story about the Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute ending its annual garage sale to raise money for cancer research because, basically, the organizers are burnt out on the abuse of the public who took advantage of the garage sale.

For the past five years, the school has accepted donations for the annual garage sale. In five years, they have raised $50,000 dollars for cancer charity. Each year hundreds of students volunteer their time, and according to the story, most of them are doing it because they have had a parent who has been diagnosed with cancer. But people began to use the fundraiser as a way to dump junk that had little resale value.

Then, this year, during the sale, a woman took off with one of the school handcarts that wasn't for sale. The organizers will have to pay out of pocket for a new one. Even when the woman was confronted, and told the nature of the annual sale to raise money for cancer, she refused to hand over the trolley. That's when everyone finally said they had enough, and called it quits. The feature in its entirety, is here.