WBUS morning DJ and Penn State CommRadio station manager Jeff Brown, right, broadcasts live from in front of Beaver Stadium's Gate C, the starting point of the 2009 Trash to Treasure Sale, organized by the Penn State Office of Physical Plant and the United Way. This year, the sale made available more 63.4 tons of goods, donated primarily by students during the Spring 2009 semester. Proceeds go to the Centre County United Way.

Eager shoppers await the beginning of the 2009 Trash to Treasure sale outside Gate C of Beaver Stadium on Saturday, May 30. The event, in its eighth year, made available 63.4 tons of goods for purchase, with proceeds benefitting the Centre County United Way. This line, numbering in the hundreds as early as 5 a.m., eventually extended around past Gate B of Beaver Stadium and along Curtain Road.

The hands of waiting "early bird" shoppers grip the closed Gate C of Beaver Stadium on Saturday, May 30, in advance of the opening of the 2009 Trash to Treasure sale, which began at 7:30 a.m. Many of the shoppers at the front of the line had been waiting since midnight or earlier for the mad dash to lay claim to some of the 63.4 tons of donated goods.

Penn State junior Greta Righter browses dresses and other women's attire during the 2009 Trash to Treasure Sale on Saturday, May 30, under Beaver Stadium. The event, organized yearly by the Penn State Housing Office and the Office of Physical Plant, helps save many tons of such usable items from landfills, and offers them for sale at very low prices. Proceeds from the event, which this year totaled more than $60,000, will go to the Centre County United Way.

Trash to Treasure volunteer Josh Glossner, left, locates the prices for items to be purchased by Tracy Wellar, right, and her daughter Kelsey, center, during the 2009 Trash to Treasure Sale on Saturday, May 30. The Wellars were in search of bargain-priced items, many of which were new or gently-used, to get ready for Kelsey's entrance into college this fall. Trash to Treasure, in its eighth year, generated more than $60,000 this year for the Center County United Way. The Penn State Housing Office and Office of Physical Plant organize and help facilitate the organizing and sale of the donated items, which come primarily from students living on campus.

A Trash to Treasure shopper who identified herself as Jennifer, center, waits with soon-to-be-purchased housewares with her son Dodge, left, and daughter Gracie, right, just before the check-out area of the 2009 Trash to Treasure Sale at Beaver Stadium on Saturday, May 30. The family members were just three of thousands to descend upon Beaver Stadium's lower level for the event, which offered 63.4 tons of donated items for sale, many of them new or lightly-used. Penn State students living on campus in the spring 2009 semester were the primary donors of the items The sale's proceeds will benefit the Centre County United Way.