BOOK SALE THAT’S COMING SOON TO BURLINGTON. THIS IS THE BI ANNUAL EVENT HOSTED BY THE FRIENDS OF ALAMANCE PUBLIC LIBRARIES. IT BEGINS THIS SATURDAY AT MAY MEMORIAL LIBRARY. YEAH. JOINING US THIS MORNING IS KATHY OAKLEY. SHE’S A BOARD MEMBER FOR THE FRIENDS OF ALAMANCE PUBLIC LIBRARIES. GOOD MORNING, AND THANKS FOR SPENDING SOME TIME WITH US TODAY. WELL, GOOD MORNING. GLAD TO BE HERE. AND I HOPE YOU DO A BETTER JOB THAN TODAY FOR OUR OPENING DAY, I AM JUST A MESSENGER, KATHY. KATHY. ALL RIGHTY. CAN YOU FIRST TALK ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION AND THE HISTORY OF THIS BOOK SALE? YEAH. YES, SURE. WE ARE A 501 C. UH, ORGANIZATION, NONPROFIT. WE ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS. UM, THERE’S PROBABLY ABOUT, UH, 75 OF US THAT ARE ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT GET READY FOR THE SALE. BUT THEN WE HAVE A TOTAL OF, UH, 400, AROUND 400 MEMBERS, A LOT OF THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT JUST COME FOR THE BOOK SALE. UM, AND, UH, SO WE WE, UH, HAD OUR FIRST SALE BACK IN 1985, AND, UH, THEN IN 2002, WE STARTED DOING IT TWICE A YEAR. AND SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, THE SPRING AND THE FALL SALE AND, UH, WE SPEND SIX MONTHS GETTING READY FOR EACH, EACH ONE. AND IT’S A TEN DAY SALE. WOW. WELL, CERTAINLY POPULAR THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SO LONG. KATHY, FOR SOMEONE WHO’S NEVER BEEN IN THERE TUNING IN THIS MORNING, TALK ABOUT HOW THE BOOK SALE WORKS. SURE. UM, THE, UH, WE ARE IN THE BASEMENT OF THE MAY MEMORIAL LIBRARY, WHICH IS DOWNTOWN AND IN DOWNTOWN BURLINGTON, BUT WE’RE IN THE BASEMENT. SO YOU HAVE TO USE THE SIDE ENTRANCE, WHICH IS, UH, ON, UM, DAVIS STREET SIDE ON THAT. BUT BUT ON THE AND I WILL SAY ONE THING, THERE’S THE, UH, SALE ACTUALLY STARTS FRIDAY. THIS FRIDAY, THE, UH, EIGHTH, BECAUSE THAT IS MEMBERS ONLY DAY. OKAY. AND, UH, YOU CAN JOIN. YOU CAN JOIN AS A MEMBER ON ON THAT DAY. UM, AND YOU CAN JOIN AS CHEAP AS $10, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU CAN HAVE A LARGER ONE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO. UM, WE WE, UM, SO WE HAVE SEVEN ROOMS THAT ARE FULL OF BOOKS. WE IT’S BEEN ESTIMATED WE HAVE 50 TO 70,000 BOOKS TO SELL. SO THEY LAST THE WHOLE SALE. SO THERE’S PLENTY OF BOOKS ALL THROUGH THE SALE. UM, SO AGAIN, ON THE FIRST DAY ON FRIDAY, YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE A MEMBERSHIP, BUT THE OTHER DAYS IT’S FREE TO, TO COME IN FOR THE SALE. AND, UH, WE HAVE, UM, BOOKS. UH, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. OH, I WAS JUST I WAS GOING TO SAY WE’RE SHOWING VIDEO OF SOME OF THESE ROOMS. I DON’T THINK IF YOU CAME EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE SALE, YOU WOULD HIT EVERY SINGLE BOOK IN THERE. AND I WAS CURIOUS. I KNOW YOU HAVE SPECIAL DAYS, UH, THAT HAPPEN DURING THE SALE. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT TO HIT ON THOSE. OH, OKAY. YEAH. THE THE PRICES ARE REGULAR PRICE. ALL THROUGH THE SALE. EXCEPT FOR SATURDAY, THE LAST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IS BAG DAY. THAT’S VERY POPULAR. WE HAVE TOTE BAGS THAT YOU PURCHASE. IT’S OUR OUR BAGS THAT YOU PURCHASE FOR $15. YOU CAN FILL THOSE UP AS FULL AS YOU CAN GET THEM. WE LIKE FOR THE BAGS TO GO FLYING OUT OF THERE ON THOSE LAST TWO DAYS. UM, BECAUSE WHAT WHAT WE SELL THEM, THAT MEANS WE DON’T HAVE TO PACK UP. AND WE WE SELL EVERYTHING. BY THE END OF THE SALE, WE’VE EITHER GIVEN IT AWAY. I WILL SAY THAT WHEN YOU COME INTO THE SALE, YOU CAN SIGN UP IF YOU ARE A NONPROFIT OR A TEACHER, THEN WE DO HAVE THE SATURDAY AFTER THE SALE. WE WILL LET THOSE FOLKS IN TO GLEAN WHAT’S LEFT FROM THE BOOKS. SO WE CLEAN OFF ALL THE SHELVES AT THE AT THE END AND START FRESH EVERY SIX MONTHS. OH GREAT. SO KEEP IN MIND FULL PRICE UNTIL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND THEN THAT’S THE BAD DAY. THAT’S VERY POPULAR. OKAY, AWESOME. AND WE KNOW THE FUNDS GO TO SUPPORT ALAMANCE PUBLIC LIBRARY. SO THAT’S IMPORTANT. KATHY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THE ANNUAL BOOK SALE GETS UNDERWAY THIS SATURDAY IN BURLINGTON. OR AS YOU HEARD OR MENTIONED, THIS FRIDAY, IF YOU ARE A FRIENDS OF ALAMANCE PUBLIC LIBRARIES MEMBER, THE SALE RUNS THROUGH MARCH 17TH. IT’S ALL HAPPENING AT THE MAY MEMORIAL LIBRARY ON SOUTH SPRING STREET IN BURLINGTON. TO LEARN MORE, JUS