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Kenneth Krieger, CHP

Items on the 2022 Health Physics Garage Sale
Photos courtesy of Barbara Hamrick

Don't forget to bring your items to the Health Physics Garage Sale at the 68th Health Physics Society (HPS) Annual Meeting in National Harbor in July 2023.

If you have interesting historical items, books, or any other health physics-related objects that you want out of your house and you think other health physicists might like, bring them to the meeting. You will receive a tax deduction for your donation. HPS will auction the item and the money received will be used for scholarships, fellowships, student travel grants, and other benevolent Society activities.

The logistics are straightforward. You bring the item to the meeting in National Harbor and deliver it to the Secretariat, who will place it in the auction. The auction will open when the exhibit hall opens, and meeting attendees will be able to view all items. At the end of the auction—Wednesday morning at about 10 am—winners will pay for the items via a special PayPal account set up for HPS and pick them up or arrange for shipment. If the winner of the auction is not present, the second-place bid will win unless previous arrangements have been made.

If the item cannot be taken with the winner, then arrangements must be made by the winner—HPS WILL NOT take possession of any items. If no one bids on the item, the owner MUST take the item back and maybe try again the following year.

Items that are too large to bring to the meeting can also be entered in the auction. Pictures and descriptions of items can be brought to the meeting and then arrangements for shipping items can be made between owner and bid winner.

Please help make this event an interesting, fun, and profitable event for HPS. Bring your old or interesting items to be auctioned off at the annual meeting. See you there!