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ONE-DAY BOOK SALE

Youngsville Library’s annual one-day book sale will be on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The majority of the book sale will be held outside under tents, with some materials available indoors as well. In addition to book sale items, the Friends of the Youngsville Library will also have a craft table nearby filled with a variety of themed and decorative lighted wine bottle, wind chimes, lamps and Christmas ornaments. The lighted wine bottles do not need to be plugged into a socket as they use a string of lights that operate on watch batteries and can be easily replaced for extended use. There will also be hot dogs available from 11 a.m. until sold out. The hot dog station will be manned by fully vaccinated and gloved volunteers. The $5 hot dog special includes hot dog, beverage, bag of chips and a homemade dessert.

All the materials that are being used for this book sale are from donations that the library has been able to properly quarantine in accordance with state protocols.

The library will be accepting donations of only fiction books, children’s books and DVDs on two separate dates: Wednesday from noon to 6 p.m. and Friday, Sept. 2, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in preparation for the sale.

“On Aug. 31 and Sept. 2 Youngsville Library will have volunteers available to help me sort and organize any incoming donations of clean, good quality fiction items,” said Kristy Wallace, library director. “This year we’re designating two specific days for accepting donations. When there is only one staff member working at the library (which is usually the case) there just isn’t time to accept donations because there isn’t any time to inspect them the moment they arrive. You’d be amazed and shocked at how many people try to leave boxes upon boxes of dirty, moldy, bug-infested, and water-stained books that are quite literally falling apart at the library’s doorstep. We just don’t have the man-power or the money to dispose of donations that are obviously a health hazard and are neither sanitary nor good quality. That is also why we ask people to not leave donations outside the library doors when we are closed. There is a risk of the books and DVDs getting ruined by the elements and we once again have to pay to dispose of them.”

No non-fiction items or medical/textbooks, no magazines, no crafting books, no VHS tapes, etc. Organizers ask that only clean, “gently-used” donations of fiction items and DVDs — no dirty/musty/moldy or water-stained items.

“I’d also like to address why we are only accepting fiction books, children’s fiction, and DVDs for our book sale donations and why our library is not accepting non-fiction items. First, I want to stress that Youngsville Library is obviously not anti-non-fiction books that would be silly — we are a library after all,” Wallace chuckled. “YPL is very proud of our on-site, non-fiction collection. The issue is that non-fiction books are not popular material during our Book Sale. It’s sad to say but it is just a fact that each year we are left with tables upon tables of non-fiction items that no one is willing to even peruse let alone purchase. Then at the end of the Book Sale day, we find ourselves in the same situation every year: what do we do with these non-fiction items now and how are we going to pay for disposal of them. We try to give them to other organizations first but they don’t want non-fiction either. In the end, too many non-fiction items actually costs us money and defeats the purpose of the fundraiser to begin with. That being said, I want to emphasize that Youngsville Library truly is grateful to everyone who supports our Book Sale with good quality fiction material – we honestly couldn’t have this annual fundraiser without these donations. So, if you do have fictional books that you’d like to donate but can’t visit us on Aug. 31 or Sept. 2, please hang onto them until after September 10th because we can always use fiction books for next year.”

CHICKEN

BARBECUE

Saturday, Sept. 10, from noon until sold out, the Garland Volunteer Fire Department is having a chicken barbecue fundraiser at Friendship Field in Pittsfield. All dinners are to-go or drive-through. A full dinner is a $12 donation and includes: a half-barbecue chicken, macaroni salad, baked beans and a roll. Chicken-only is a $10 donation.