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Annual Event Raises Over $5,000 for Ketchikan Public Library
By Heidi Ekstrand

 

October 09, 2008
Thursday


Ketchikan, Alaska - The annual Friends of the Ketchikan Public Library used book sale this month set another record in sales, finishing the weekend with $5,485 in sales, membership dues and donations.


jpg Annual Event Raises Over $5,000 for Ketchikan Public Library

12-month-old John, on his mother's back, helps supervise her selection of children's books at the annual Friends of the Ketchikan Public Library used book sale, Oct. 4-5 in Ketchikan. The event raised more than $5,000 to help fund library events, activities and supplies.
Photo By HEIDI EKSTRAND


The popular event is the largest single fundraising event for the Friends of the Library and depends upon a huge cadre of volunteers, including Teresa Chenhall, who organized this year's event. Several local Boy Scouts and adults helped haul books from the storage unit to the second floor of the Plaza mall prior to the sale. Many volunteers then spent a day unpacking, sorting and stacking the books. Glenda Steele is one of the stalwart volunteers, who for years has donated many hours and her expertise each day of the sale.

At the close of the sale, more adult volunteers and a fleet of young adults from the library's Teen Advisory Group (TAG) helped clean up and haul all the books out of the Plaza.

 

Editor's Note:

Heidi Ekstrand is President of Friends of the Ketchikan Public Library

 

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