Collection for the League of Women Voters’ annual book sale begins July 5

Source: League of Women Voters Amherst

It’s time to donate books and consider helping with the sorting, sorting and curating!

Donate:
Fort River Elementary School gymnasium, 70 S. East St.

Important data:
Collection begins Friday, July 5, and runs seven days a week through Monday, July 15., 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

restrictions:
Please do not bring more than five boxes per day unless you have previously agreed to this with the Chair (Susan Millinger). Please do not bring moldy or tattered books, magazines or textbooks, or popular self-help books.

Sales data:
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 26-28; Saturday and Sunday, August 3 and 4. Friday, 26, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; other sale days 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sale day, Monday, August 5, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All books must go!

Volunteers:
Volunteers needed to cull, sort, and curate (divide categories into subcategories). Begins with pickup on July 5th at 9:30am and continues through July 23rd, the day before Dealer Day. There will also be several evening work sessions; these will be announced starting 3/14/2024. We will also have a few days between sale weekends to clean up and re-categorize as needed.

Volunteers: No need to sign up in advance: just show up at the Fort River Elementary School gym! You don’t have to commit to a day or time – just work when you can, for as long as you can. All book lovers are welcome! You don’t have to be a member of the league to volunteer.

Required chairpersons:
For the morning (9-11:30) or afternoon (11:30-14). Please contact Susan if you are interested. Session leaders will provide a training workshop and printed instructions; a troubleshooter will be available at each session to offer advice and help resolve problems. Again, student assistants will be available to help most of the time.