Rotary club in Penticton holding annual book sale – Okanagan | 24CA News
Murder, thriller, humour and nearly each different literary matter underneath the solar can be found at this 12 months’s Penticton Sunrise Rotary guide, sport and puzzle sale.
An estimated 16,000 “gently used” titles can be up for grabs via Saturday afternoon on the Penticton Curling Club.
According to Sunrise Rotary president Charles Parker, the service membership’s annual occasion is the most important fundraiser for the work it does in the neighborhood every year.
He added that over the almost 20 years the occasion has been held, it has developed into way more than simply pedalling some used books.
“It is very much a community event,” mentioned Parker. “It’s a type of issues the place the group actually buys into it. People drop by and convey books from residence and so they need to give again after which they purchase some extra.
“The people in the city of Penticton look forward to it and as long as people keep showing up we’ll keep doing it.”
Club member and previous president Alex Bodden who has labored on the sale for a few years agreed.
“There are so many people with a passion. We have people who come out every year and we have people who come out every day of the week for the whole five days,” mentioned Bodden.
On Day 1 of the sale on Tuesday, there was a gradual stream of purchaser site visitors out and in of the curling membership.
“I come every year,” mentioned Evelyn McCarthy whereas holding an armload of books. “The books are in good shape, they are reasonably priced and it’s always a good cause because Rotary always does such good work.”
Just about the entire 28 membership members participate in a single type or one other within the sale, which raises as much as $16,000 over the course of 5 days.
A large cross-section of the group truly advantages via the work of the Sunrise membership.
“It’s really a combination of everything,” mentioned Parker. Charities, in addition to curiosity teams and other people in the neighborhood who simply want a hand every now and then.
Included within the eight to 10 initiatives a 12 months are organizations just like the South Okanagan Women in Need Society, OSNS Child and Youth Development Centre, Meals on Wheels and the School District 67 meals program.
Rotary parks within the metropolis and different applications like Student of the Month are additionally paid for via guide gross sales.
“I also think it’s important that most of our members do get out to see where the money goes,” mentioned the president.
“It’s also very important because when you’re out in the community and people recognize Rotary’s work, they know the money’s staying local.”
The sale runs every day via Saturday from 10 a.m. to five:30 p.m.
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