General News
20 October, 2024
Pre-loved books a big hit with buyers
Another deluge of pre-loved books has kept sorters busy in preparation for this month's Horsham College chaplaincy book fair.
Another book fair is planned in the college's Maroske Hall on Dimboola Road on Friday October 25 from 12noon to 9pm and Saturday October 26 from 9am to 12noon.
Chaplain Yolande Grosser said community support with supply of pre-loved books for adults and children had again been overwhelming.
"It's a good thing the Chaplaincy Fair happens twice a year," she said.
Books remain at $1 each with children's books 50 cents. Categories include: reference, hard cover, paperbacks, religion, craft, cooking, romance, health, sport, children's books and magazines.
Retired teachers Marylou and John Spehr and Neville Smith sort books into categories weekly during school term. This allows students to quickly place boxes on bag trolleys and deliver them to tables set up across the hall before the fair.
A fair earlier this year raised more than $6000 towards helping keep a chaplain at the college. At the end of the book fair Horsham Apex and Rotary club members take some of the unsold books to send overseas to countries in need of English-language books.
Ms Grosser works at the college four days a week with her roles including running a Brekky Hub, leading a For Faith lunchtime group, special events management and one-on-one assistance for staff and students.
She urged people to have cash to pay for the items as credit card facilities are not available.