Saturday, March 11, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., School Cafeteria
— from Sandra Wilson —
Please mark your calendars for Saturday the 11th of March and come to the Winter Book Sale at the school cafeteria. What will you find there? Table after table of books sorted by categories. What categories? The many categories include fiction (hardback, trade and paperback), geography, history, science, mystery, biography, CDs, cookbooks, books for children from board book through to young readers, education…
You get the idea.
Between 10 and 3 p.m. you can wander from table to table and select books. Your neighbors may be there for a visit, children might begin reading their new books under a table and volunteers in red vests will be tidying the books as needed.
Friends of the Library is an organization that is all about books—just as this Friends-sponsored event is also all about books. They have been donated by the Orcas community to be resold knowing the proceeds go to our Orcas Island Public Library. The Winter Book Sale has been an annual event on Orcas Island since 1989. At that time, what is known now as Friends of the Orcas Island Library (FOIL) was a Library Association that was changed to Friends of the Library to raise funds for the new library.
Also this year there will be a bake sale held during the book sale hours to benefit the High School’s Spanish Club’s fundraiser for their upcoming trip to Cuba. The kids will also be selling and serving Real Goods coffee, so come support the Friends of the Library and the Spanish Club.