2016 Annual Book Sale

 

Rotarians from a previous book sale organizing the thousands of books donated by generous citizens.

PLEASE NOTE: THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE TO THE VENUE LOCATION AND TO THE DATES FOR THE BOOK SALE!

 

Due to a scheduling conflict, the Rotary book sale will NOT be held at the Marine Terminal. The new location is Hanger #3 at Slemon Park.

 

The Summerside Rotary Club – in affiliation with the Journal Pioneer – is gearing up for its annual Book Drive for Literacy.
 

The book sale is (NOW) happening Nov 3-5 at Hanger #3 at Slemon Park. The hours of operation are:

Thursday, Nov. 3 - 1pm-8pm
Friday, Nov. 4 - 10am-8pm

Saturday, Nov. 5 10am -4pm
 

The collection of books, which will happen Oct. 27-29 is a massive undertaking. Books will be received Thursday evening from 4:00-8:00pm, 10am-8pm on Friday, and 10am-4pm on Saturday.  Anna MacDonald, who is coordinating the book drive for a fourth consecutive year, estimated between 10,000 and 15,000 books are accepted each year.

 

Anyone with donations can drop them off at the location in Slemon Park.
 

The money raised from the sale will support various local literacy programs. The Rotary Club of Summerside, in previous years, has used the funds to sponsor the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, in coordination with the Mi’kmaq Confederacy of PEI; has purchased dictionaries for local elementary school students, as well as purchased classroom story books for Western Prince county elementary schools.
 

“When you think, you can pay $21 for a book from a book store but here, you can walk away with it for $3.00, that’s a good bargain.”
 

Journal Pioneer staff, Summerside Rotarians, as well as local volunteers collect the books and sort them into the numerous, appropriate categories.

 

“We have tons of cook books; we have tons of medical books; things like hobbies. There are lots of children’s books that come in and, again, all kinds of fiction books - just about every author that I have ever heard of - going through there.”
 

MacDonald pointed out: “Literally, if they can bring (books in) and then come back and restock their shelves with new books - at a great price, I might add - that’s where the benefit is, to them and to the literacy programs.”

Children’s books cost $1, soft covers $2, and hard covers $3. The sale accepts cash, cheque, debit and credit card.