Volunteering for Book Sales
We are happy that you are considering volunteering to help with the Friends of the Dunwoody Library (FODL) book sales. We are confident you will have much personal satisfaction helping your library and community and meet new friends. Many of the FODL members are long term volunteers.
For the upcoming May book sale we need help with the following:
On May 9th, volunteers are needed for setting up folding table and using a hand truck to move boxes of books. On Friday through Wednesday help will be needed for unpacking , sorting and alphabetizing books. During the book sale, Thursday through Monday, volunteers will be needed to help customers with their purchases and resort and restock books. On Tuesday May 21 th (Clean UP), we will be packing unsold books to send to charities, storing tables and equipment, and returning the sales area to the libraries normal condition. No one should do any work they feel they are not physically capable of doing.
Volunteers do not have to commit to a specific date or time or a specific amount of time. Just come to the library when you would like to work during the dates and times listed below and tell a member of the Book Sale Committee that you available to work. They will help you find a suitable job.
The workload and the number of workers available vary greatly during the day so volunteers cannot be scheduled for a specific time to work except a cashier.
If you would like to work as a cashier during the sale, you must commit to a specific date and time. Please email Sunny Jefferies and ask if additional cashiers are needed. Her email address is sunny@FriendsofDunwoodyLibrary.org
Volunteers are need any time during the following hours:
Book Sale Volunteers Needed
May 9th Thursday 1 PM - 5 PM Set Up
May 10th Friday 10 AM - 5 PM Set Up
May 11th Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM Set Up
May 12th Sunday Closed Closed
May 13th Monday 10 AM - 5 PM Set Up
May 14th Tuesday 10 AM _ 5 PM Set Up
May 15th Wednesday 10 AM - 5 PM Set Up
May 16th Thursday 10 AM - 8 PM Sale Members only 1 PM-4 PM
General Public 4 PM - 8 PM
May 17th Friday 10 AM - 5 PM Book Sale
May 18th Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM Book sale
May 19th Sunday Closed Closed
May 20th* Monday* 10 AM - 8 PM Book Sale
May 21th Tuesday 10 AM - 5 PM Take Down, Clean UP
All hands on DECK
* Monday 20th is Bag Day, BUSY
What being a Volunteer for Book Sales Entails:
Donated Books arrive at Dunwoody Public Library
Stored till Tuesday when volunteers come in to sort them
First Sorting for Condition
Second Sorting for Value
Final Sorting for Category
Storage of Books awaiting Sales Dates
Set Up Preparation and Week of Sales
One Day Clean up to return Library to its Normal Operations
What happens when setting up for Book Sale???
Book Shelves Emptied
Setting Up Table for Boxes of Books
Moving Boxes Out of Baker Room
All 150 or So
Stacking them in Hallway
More Stacks
Lots more Stacks
Figuring out where each Category Goes
Three days setting up the Categories
Meals and Snacks
Oh Boy
