Book Sale Success

It was a pleasure to meet all of our new volunteers this past week and to see the familiar faces who show up, sale after sale. We could not have achieved the exciting results, shown below, without your help.

Sale proceeds fund Oakton Library programming, print subscriptions, new furnishings, 3-D printing, habitat upkeep and the purchase of new books, e-Books and audio books for the library system, among many other things. So, a note of thanks is in order! Thank you for showing your appreciation of the importance of the library in our community by giving your time so generously in support of our book sale fundraisers.

- - Barbara Hippe, Fred Singerman & Mary Colombi

By the numbers:

71 individual volunteers, including 15 helpful young people and 19 first timers, filled volunteer 160 slots over the course of a week.

Volunteers contributed 421.50 hours moving over 400 boxes of books and media, then setting up, selling and cleaning up late yesterday.

The effort earned over $13,800 in revenue. Not a record, but close!

Thank You, Girl Scouts!

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Troop Leader Amanda Yarborough

Getting Service hours working toward their Silver Star award, these volunteers helped to completely reorganize the children's Activities Section and other areas of the book sale.

Delightful and enthusiastic organizers who love to read.

(Left to right)

Annabelle Yarborough, Prisha Bakshi, Carolyn Haizlip & Lanie Fei

Food For Others

At the end of our book sales we often invite a local charity to select unsold books free of charge. We are happy to collaborate with Food for Others which provides support for families in our community struggling with food insecurity. They also recognize that "books are food for your brain" as they explain on their website:

"Books are Food for Your Brain provides every child who visits Food for Others with four books to take home each time they visit the warehouse. It was founded by four retired Fairfax County Public School teachers who spent the majority of their careers working in Title I schools. In April of 2018, Books are Food for Your Brain added a bookshelf to the FFO front office and children began picking out books to read at home. The bookshelf is separated into chapter books, read aloud books, easy readers, and board books to make sure that children get books to fit their reading level."

Diane Haspel and Jan Ramp

Book Donation Information

Your book donations help to finance Oakton Library's programs and FCPL's collections as a whole. When donating used books please note:

donations should be in good to excellent condition
there is a limit of 3 grocery sized bags or small boxes per donation
all donations should be left on the green cart to the left just beyond the OK lobby

We appreciate your support of literacy with your generous donations.

We take:
Fiction, Non-Fiction, Puzzles
Vintage, Children’s, Teen, Tween
CDs, DVDs, Audio Books
Recent (7 years or newer) college and graduate school textbooks

We cannot use:
VHS or cassette tapes, magazines
Dated (older than 7 years) self-help, medical, computer, travel or business
Encyclopedia sets
Damaged, soiled, stained, discolored, having odors, mildew or excessive highlighting or writing

Your Donations May Be:
Added to the FCPL Collection
Sold in Friends’ book sales
Given to literacy charities

Given to other Friends of the Library

Email us if you have a large collection or questions at
friendsofoaktonlibrary@gmail.com www.friendsofoaktonlibrary.org

THANK YOU!

The Friends of Oakton Library