Rotary Club of Wishart Book Sale

$2.50 Book Sale

October 2022

Sat 29th 7.30am to 4.00pm

Sun 30th 7.30am to 2.00pm

Most Books $2.50 each, Premium Books $5.00 +

Thousands of Books, so allow time to peruse the lot.

The Rotary Club of Wishart provides this Literacy project twice a year. The aim of this project is to provide low-cost preloved books for people of all ages. The cost of the books is set to cover the expense of running the event. Any surplus revenue left after all expenses have been met will be allocated to community service projects. A small portion of these surplus funds may be allocated towards the general running of the Rotary Club of Wishart.

Over the years thousands of books have been assigned to us from the State Library and other Libraries throughout Queensland as well as private donors. All books are sorted into the general categories listed below and are displayed in these categories during the book sale

Premium books are stored and displayed in a separate location during the book sale.

Categories on Display During the Book Sale are as follows:

Animals                       Humor

Music                           Poetry

Art & Craft                 Language

Biography​​   Large Print

Business                      Computer

Academic                    Personnel Development​

Cars Trains Planes    Reference​

Children 1 to 6   ​Religion 

Cooking and Food    Romance, Mills & Boon

Fiction​​​Special Interest Misc

Gardening ​​Travel Maps Atlas

Health & Medical     Western​

History, War & Australiana​Young Adult

• Entrance Free
• Cash and EFTPOS Available

COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITY

Rotary Club of Wishart have an interesting and ongoing Fundraising Project which we want to share with other Clubs in our District.

For some years our Club has conducted a bi-annual Book Sale which has been the main fundraiser for the Club enabling significant contributions and support of Rotary and community projects.

Due to the effects on the community from COVID and other constraints recent Book Sales have been impacted, but the access to and continuing take-up of books being donated has resulted in a build- up of book stocks.  We do not turn down opportunities to accept donations of books, as this part of the Project is just as important as the sales days’ efforts.

Our Club is now in the situation of having an excess of good book stocks, mostly sorted and categorised, which we want to make available to Clubs in our District, together with as much operational detail of what is needed, for them to conduct such a project.

 Are there Clubs who are interested in taking up this opportunity ??

We can offer continuing assistance in the supply of book stocks as well as a complete operations summary to assist in establishing and continuing on, in another community, such a project.

In short, there is a whole of Club commitment for 3 days of sale set up and sale time, including packing up of unsold stock and clearing the sale venue, together with a continuing availability of folk to receive book donations, sort and categorise stock and make ready stock for the next Book Sale.

This is a very abbreviated summary of this opportunity to work with your community on your own or in conjunction with another neighbouring Club, to provide your Club(s) with an ongoing source of funding.

Please talk to us; we are ready and willing to share whatever information you may need to know. As our next Book Sale is scheduled for the weekend of 28/29 October next, we extend an invitation to visit us then to see the Project in action.

• Contact Link on the left.
• More contact information in the event flyer linked on the left.