[Bookstoprisoners] Book sale Book Removal & Clean Up

[Sandra Ahten]

Thanks for the update and thanks for being on top of it!

Sandra

On 3/28/07, wmullins at insightbb.com <wmullins at insightbb.com> wrote:
>
> Hello everybody...
>   I've talked to Susan some about taking care of removing the books after
> the book sale.  I've taken that Monday off (4/16), and plan to be at the IMC
> first thing in the morning to spend all day moving books and cleaning up.
> Yes, I'll take care of the cleaning up, too, and speak to Chris the next
> time I see him about cleaning supplies.
>
> I'm planning to store the books at my house temporariliy, sorting them
> into "keepers" and "non-keepers" at my leisure, and then I'll make sure they
> are properly recycled.
>
> (I had also mentioned to Susan that I might take any tradeable books to
> the Book Barn in Decatur--which I hit once or twice each summer--and see if
> I can trade in some of our booksale leftovers for dictionaries,
> African-American books, et cetera.  I might not be able to pick up very
> much, but who knows?  They give you a trade-in credit, and then you use the
> credit for half-off any books you buy.  I'm hoping to pick up a few dozen
> paperbacks, at least, of our most requested categories.  If anybody objects
> to that idea, let me know.)
>
> I haven't lined up any help with loading books yet, except for some
> not-so-firm "I might be able to do that" replies from friends.  I guess I
> should get on that, huh?
>
> Okay, I'll start with this:  Anybody out there who wants to help load
> books Monday, April 16th (and we need to be DONE by 5pm or sooner because of
> IMC dance classes) please RSVP to wmullins at insightbb.com.  I'll be there
> by 9am.  I also plan to get some of the work done Sunday night.  Anybody up
> for an after-sale cleaning party?  I'll have a van and a second car there.
> The plan is to take the books to my place, about 5 minutes from the IMC down
> Race Street.
>
> I thought Lincoln Challenge was unable to help us this year.  Any other
> ideas for groups I should call?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
> I'll begin seriously nagging some friends this week.
>
> _______________________________________________
> BooksToPrisoners mailing list
> BooksToPrisoners at lists.chambana.net
> http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/bookstoprisoners
>
>


-- 
Sandra Ahten
The Reasonable Diet
Group Facilitator / Program Author/
Professional Diet Motivation Expert
http://www.reasonablediet.com
217-367-6345
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/archive/bookstoprisoners/attachments/20070328/e429729c/attachment.htm