In case you haven't noticed, purging for fundraising has been on my mind!
Photo Credit: PaPeR.cLiP (It's good to be back!)
We all have books lying around the house that we aren't likely to read again any time soon. Why not PURGE them and have some extra shelf space?
3 times a year the Urbana Free Library hosts a book sale, which raises over $20,000 annually for the library. Some of the book they sell are ones removed from the library's collection, but most are donated by people like us! UFL takes book donations anytime at the circulation desk and they will give you a form so you can even write off your donation on your taxes.
It's so easy! This weekend after the Clean Water Garage Sale, I brought a trunk-load of books over that didn't sell. The librarian brought a cart out to my car, loaded it up for me and wheeled it all back in. So, all you need to do is go through your bookshelves and PURGE.
I'll be doing this over the next couple weeks because the next book sale is on August26-30th (but like I said, they take books all year). I need to attack my school books from grad and undergrad most importantly. I know we also have some cookbooks we can get rid of and a couple novels. I'll be updating with pics and stuff about what we manage to get out of the house.
What books can you PURGE?
They take college class books? I'm in! I have two blue totes full of them in my classroom.
ReplyDeleteYes, ma'am! Can't wait to see what you get rid of. Take pics! I'm going to try to give some away to my students too.
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