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Early Saturday morning, the Jamba Juice area in the Wilkinson Student Center was unusually crowded, and the sounds of chatting and laughter filled the air.
Hundreds of BYU students and their families woke up early and waited in a long line for the lost and found sale beginning at 9 a.m. Some had even been camped out in front of the Wilkinson Center since 4 a.m. to get a good spot in line. Most of the students came to the sale event with families or a group of friends.
Devon Janke, a senior majoring in electrical engineering, got to the Wilk at 8 a.m with his friends. He said he has attended the lost and found sale for three years and they come early because it’s a first come, first grab event.
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Not all of the students who were there on Saturday had been to this sale before. Sky Sandberg, a sophomore majoring in pre-management, came to the sale for the first time. Sandberg got to his spot at 8 a.m. with Janke, not knowing what to expect.
“[From what I heard] it’s pretty intense,” he said. “It’s a big rally.”
While the line was waiting outside, the guest services staff handed out the rules and information for the sale. At 9 a.m., the door from the Garden Court to the Ballroom opened and the line of people moved quickly into the sale items area. Within less than one minute, the sale area was filled with people.
“They [the staff] were here at 6:15 a.m.,” said Gayle Nielson, manager of the lost and found sale staff.
Nielson said the items at the sale were lost and had not been claimed. Every item in the sale was lost before July.
“The profits from it [the sale] go to help pay for student activities,” she said. “That’s where the money goes, back to the student activities. And it also gives the students really good deals.”
Felipe Zurita, a senior majoring in public health, has been a staff member for the lost and found sale for two years. He said the interesting aspect of this sale is watching students run for the merchandise.
“And you see their real face,” Zurita said. “They are like ‘Oh, I want this,’ and kind of like fighting. It’s really funny because you don’t usually see that in BYU a lot.”
