Community Corner
Letter: Library Friends Bring in $7,229 With Sale
The Friends of the Albany Library thank the community for its support.
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Two long lines of people clutching big empty boxes stretched down the halls and looped around the lobby Saturday morning, May 14, at the .
Some were in line at 9:15, waiting for the 10 a.m. start of the annual “Big BookSale” run by the (FAL). Many were dealers, intent upon being in the first wave into the “Big” room, where thousands of books were priced at $1.
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Others were eager for the Edith Stone Room, jammed with 50-cent books. There were kids’ books, mysteries, nonfiction, arts, technology, international language books, library discards, DVD’s, romances.
The last hour of the sale Sunday was “Bag Sale,” when FAL sold grocery bags for $5, into which some patrons crammed 30-plus books!
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FAL grossed $7,229 – for about 12,000 books - in 12 frenzied hours. After the sale, FAL Board member Marsha Skinner made appointments with representatives of various nonprofits to take unsold items.
Beneficiaries included U.S. Army troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, African schools in Uganda and other countries, Nevis and St. Kitts, a local art teacher, San Francisco Jail, St. Vincent de Paul, Springville and Strathmore ( Tulare County) libraries.
Recycling donated books is the ultimate green, and a time-honored tradition in book-loving Albany.
FAL thanks the many volunteers, donors, patrons and ever-helpful library and city staff. Join us for our next sale Sat Sept. 24, 10 a.m. t0 4, at the . Learn more at friendsalbanycalibrary.com.
