Kim Dryden held many yard sales at her home on North Columbus Drive in Montgomery City.

But she never held one as a fundraising event until June 16, when she started a two-day jumble sale to raise money for multiple sclerosis.
Numerous items such as toys, furniture, wagons, bikes, household items, tools, sports equipment and bedding sets were sold. The yard sale was held for five hours each day.

“It wasn’t that bad,” Dryden said. “We kind of enjoyed it. We had perfect weather to set it up.”

Dryden said the sale raised about $600 that included donations. All of the money goes towards the Gateway Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

“We had a lot of community support,” Dryden said. “They’ll come in and if they don’t buy anything, they’ll give a donation. It all adds up and it makes a world of difference in finding a cure.”

A jumble sale is an event in which second-hand goods are sold as part of a fundraising effort.

“I don’t think most people don’t know what a jumble sale is,” said Bob Dryden, Kim’s husband.

Bob said it took about two days for him and his wife to prepare for the jumble sale.

“The thing is that most of this stuff was already in the garage,” Bob said. “It got to the point where we had room for one car in one place and one car in another place. We couldn’t get three cars in here. It wasn’t like we were going in the house, getting stuff, coming back out and putting stuff on the table. We were moving stuff around in the garage and putting a lot of it on the table.”

Kim Dryden has been battling multiple sclerosis for 27 years. More than two million people have MS, a disease that attacks the central nervous system.

“I’m in the remission stage with the drugs they have now, which they haven’t had in quite some time,” Dryden said. “They have two drugs that put the MS in remission, so that’s good.”

Ever since she was diagnosed with MS, Dryden has been raising money for awareness of the disease by working as a volunteer for Bike MS, which is the fundraising cycling series of the National MS Society and raises more money than any other cycling event for any other cause. Dryden’s goal is to raise $17,000. As of June 22, the Montgomery City resident has raised $15,493.