Used Books, Puzzles and Games

Community Book Fair

Thank you everyone for your generous support; both by donating books and purchasing them on the day! By all measures it was a great success. The children were able to take home interesting new books and we rasied a significant amount for the Family Support Fund, so that we can continue to support our Willingdon famalies. Thank you!

And start saving up any books your family has finished with for our next book fair in the Spring of 2025.

What happened to Scholastic Book Fair?

There are two main components to our decision to move in another direction this fall, they are as follows:

Value for Money

We want to be conscientious of the costs involved in our offerings. The rising prices of Scholastic books and trinkets have resulted in most kids bringing in $20-40 to be able to purchase an item or two. Only a tiny portion of that amount is coming back to the community as Scholastic Rewards only. Shipping costs for the items we choose as rewards are costly, meaning we must raise funds another way just to redeem the rewards. Moving to a Community Book Fair will allow us to minimize the cost to families and maximize the benefit to our community. Sending $5-10 per child will be more than enough and 100% is coming back to the community.

Intentionality

We have considered carefully the implied messages of our events to our kids. We want to foster awareness of the impact of always buying new, especially when it comes to the more transient items that spend days or even mere hours in our children’s hands but potentially centuries in landfills. The Community Book Fair will seek to normalize buying used and encourage more eco-conscious spending practices, with the added bonus of decluttering our own homes!