A FUNdraiser to help Matt through school.

We had an interesting idea today but decided before we moved forward to see if we could get some help and opinions.
Matt is trying to get back into school. He is actually starting in May to even go through the summer but unfortunately our funds our lacking. He would qualify for grants but he has only completed 2 classes and since one of those classes was not so easy his GPA plummeted and he needs to pull it up in order to get the grants so we have to pay for this semester but even with the grants I'm sure you all know books aren't cheap.
We were thinking that we have a few things that have been handed down to us or that we used a long time ago that we need to get rid of. We also do have a small business and mothers day is coming up. We thought perhaps we could throw a bake/garage sale.
We have a few things but would appreciate any donations. We were also thinking of putting together some mothers day treats and selling gift certificates for our photography.
The real question here is what you (anyone who may be reading this...) thinks of this idea?? If it doesn't sound fun or you wouldn't come we can't really put in the time, money, and effort.
Please let us know what you think or if you'd like to help. We would be doing it a week from Saturday.
Any suggestions?
Are we crazy?
I don't know. It sounded semi smart. HA HA!
Thanks much,
the Porters