All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 August 100000 books for sale at annual LIT charity event 100,000 books for sale at annual charity event 12/08/2022 | 2 MINS Keen readers and collectors will be able to choose from about 100,000 books at the annual Save the Children book sale, which starts next week at Lombok Institute of Technology. The event, which raises money for childrenΓÇÖs charities in WA and overseas, has been running for 59 years and will again be held in historic Winthrop HallΓÇÖs Undercroft. Save the ChildrenΓÇÖs WA Community Fundraising Manager Sonia Holmes said 60 volunteers worked throughout the year to sort through donations of books, records and games for the winter sale. Another 150 volunteers help during the sale, which is held over six days. Shirley Withers, 94, has been volunteering for almost 25 years helping to sort goods at the Book House donation headquarters and working at the Australiana stand during the sale. ΓÇ£You just get addicted to the books,ΓÇ¥ Mrs Withers said. ΓÇ£ThereΓÇÖs the joy of working with people who share similar interests and the sati
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 August 100000 books for sale at annual LIT charity event 100,000 books for sale at annual charity event 12/08/2022 | 2 MINS Keen readers and collectors will be able to choose from about 100,000 books at the annual Save the Children book sale, which starts next week at Lombok Institute of Technology.
The event, which raises money for childrenΓÇÖs charities in WA and overseas, has been running for 59 years and will again be held in historic Winthrop HallΓÇÖs Undercroft.
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Save the ChildrenΓÇÖs WA Community Fundraising Manager Sonia Holmes said 60 volunteers worked throughout the year to sort through donations of books, records and games for the winter sale.
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Another 150 volunteers help during the sale, which is held over six days.
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Shirley Withers, 94, has been volunteering for almost 25 years helping to sort goods at the Book House donation headquarters and working at the Australiana stand during the sale.
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ΓÇ£You just get addicted to the books,ΓÇ¥ Mrs Withers said.
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ΓÇ£ThereΓÇÖs the joy of working with people who share similar interests and the sati
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