Despite power outage, Springfield library sale brings in fourth highest profit to date
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Springfield-Greene County Library District's Friends of the Library completed another highly annual successful book sale from April 30 through May 4, generating a total of $204,739.85.
That profit total marks this year's sale as the fourth-highest sale to date.
However, in the minds of the Friends, the sale presented the biggest challenge yet, according to a Friends press release.
Due to April 29 storms in Greene County, the Friends of the Library Preview Night was canceled because of a power outage. The preview sale typically generates around $60,000, so book lovers had to spread their shopping over the next five days.
The Friends of the Library have over 1,800 members, and many donate countless hours to the bi-annual book sales by sorting, cleaning, pricing and hauling boxes of books. The Spring sale featured six tractor-trailers full of items.
'The Friends of the Library volunteers are the most dedicated and hardest-working group of people I have ever had the pleasure of working with during my many years of being involved with various organizations,' Shirley Lawler, Friends of the Library President, said in the release.
'It is absolutely unbelievable that we recovered from not being open on Friends' Night due to the power outage,' Lawler said. 'Volunteers came together and opened on Wednesday morning (many volunteers didn't have power at their homes), and there were large crowds all week. These volunteers are truly amazing — I'm overusing that word, but there is no other word to describe them.'
Vickie Hicks, the Library's community relations director, stated, 'We are deeply grateful to the Friends of the Library for all their hard work.'
The Library District uses book sale funds for capital improvements, the Summer Reading Program, music programs at the branches, as well as special events such as the Oh, The Horror! series.
Most recently, the group committed $500,000 to the Republic Branch Library's new construction project. The Springfield-Greene County Library District is a 10-branch system serving the residents of Greene County, MO. For more information, visit www.thelibrary.org or contact Vickie Hicks, community relations director, at 417-616-0564 or vickieh@thelibrary.org.
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