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Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs
Posted by Librarian79 on 11/28/07
Applying for grants is always a good way to get funds. A little
time-consuming but worth it if you get one. Try Dollar General or
Target. They have some good ones. Also, an elementary school in my area had a few fundraisers
including a spaghetti dinner in order to remodel their LMC.
Little things like that or a Chinese auction or something would be
good. Again, time-consuming and involved, but it's a great way to
show support for the LMC! On 11/16/07, Kevin wrote:
> On 11/16/07, Booklady wrote:
>> On 11/16/07, Jennifer wrote:
>> I would
>>> like to do another type of fundraiser other than a book
>>> fair. (I have a book fair planned for the spring) Do you
>>> have any suggestions? Thanks for all your help!
>
> My wife had the same problem last year. She weeded out a couple
> hundred books (it doesn't sound like many, but the library is
> tiny), and started buying books that were needed. She had only
> the book fair proceeds last year, so we ended up donating some
> books. The Parent Club gave all the teachers $500 each for
> supplies over the summer, and gave the library $300. That
> bought about 50 books at the local used book stores over the summer.
> My wife visits the main used book stores about weekly, looking
> for books the library can use. She usually also picks up a
> dozen or so at the semi-annual Friends of the Library booksale.
>
> The book fair itself results in several books bought by parents
> for the library, with a nice bookplate inside. (Today is the
> last day of the book fair, and it's running until almost 10pm,
> since the 6th grade class is doing their "Parents' Night Out"
> fundraiser, babysitting younger kids.)
>
> She tried having wish lists at the local bookstores for parents
> to buy books from, but that only resulted in one or two books,
> so she isn't bothering with that this year.
>
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 11/16/07, by Jennifer.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 11/16/07, by Booklady.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 11/16/07, by Kevin.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 11/28/07, by Librarian79.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 3/10/08, by sanwin.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 3/10/08, by sanwin.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 3/19/08, by Dee.
- Re: Fundraisers other than Book Fairs, 4/28/08, by SH.
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