BOOK DONATION GUIDELINES FOR 2024

Thank you everyone for your support in 2023! As usual, the quality of the books for the 2023 sale was amazing. The book sale along with Seedy Saturday sales raised $15,139!! 😍

We are now taking donations again. Please check out our guidelines before calling us at 250-743-4627 to arrange for drop off. Thank you! 🙂

We accept clean soft and hard cover books, DVDs, CDs, and jigsaw puzzles, all newer and in good condition. We ask that hard cover novels be 2015 or newer. If you have books that you feel should be an exception, please discuss that with us when you call before dropping off your donation.

We do not take encyclopedia sets, catalogues, magazines, National Geographics, text books or Readers’ Digest condensed novels.

For the past couple of years the sale has been held on the last weekend in October. Please check back in the spring when dates for the 2024 sale have been confirmed.

We are looking forward to seeing you at the 2024 sale! Thank you again for your support.

Mark your calendars

New Logo and Book Sale Update

We are thrilled about Cowichan Women Against Violence’s gift to us of the new logo below to thank us for the supportive Garden House Foundation Fund grants given to them over the years!

CONFIRMED 2023 BOOK SALE DATES: Saturday, October 28 and Sunday, October 29 at Bonner School, Mill Bay.

Garden House Book Sale Information 2023

Thank you to everyone who supported the 2022 sale. With your support, the Garden House Foundation permanent fund was able to either directly grant ($7200), or cause to be matched ($4800) a total of $12,000 in grants to Cowichan Family Life, Cowichan Women Against Violence and the Duncan and District S.P.C.A.!

The 2023 book sale will take place in October, but the exact dates will not be known until later this spring. Please check back then for details.

TO DONATE BOOKS: Please call 250-743-4627 to arrange a time to drop off books.

Please note we do not accept text books, magazines, Nation Geographic magazines, encyclopedia sets or Readers’ Digest condensed books.

We are accepting most newer soft and hard cover books in good and clean condition, including children’s books. The exception is hard cover novels, which should be published 2015 and newer. This is for storage considerations. That being said, if you have books that you feel may be an exception, please let us know when you call. We also accept CDs,DVDs and jigsaw puzzles.

As always, thank you again for your kindness and generosity! Your donations will raise funds to provide annual grants for families in crisis and animals in need in the Cowichan Valley forever. Your compassion and care will contribute to changing lives. For example, timely counseling services could mean that a traumatized child might not end up with post-traumatic stress disorder (P.T.S.D.) Your support is making a difference. 🙂

Note Dates Have Changed to October 29th and 30th.

WE ARE NO LONGER TAKING BOOK DONATIONS UNTIL JANUARY 2023 AS STORAGE IS NOW FULL. Thank you everyone for your generous donations this year!

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE: THE OCTOBER 2022 book sale is now scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 29th and Sunday, October 30th. The change was made due to the need for tables for the local elections.

George Bonner School
3060 Cobble Hill Road, Mill Bay, B.C.
20,000+ quality used children and adult books will be available. We will continue to have 5,000 children’s books, all for 50 cents!
Directions: Turn west off the TC highway by the light at Petro-Can (just north of Mill Bay) and the school is moments away on your left. Watch for the signs.

PRICES FOR 2022 will be changing slightly after 13 years as follows.

Children’s books 50 cents; pocket books $2; soft covers and hard covers $3. Sets of books and other special books will be available for $5. There will also be a special auction of more valuable books again this year. Minimum bids will be $20.

OCTOBER 2021 BOOK SALE INFORMATION

Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 16th 9am to 3 pm and Sunday October 17th 9am to 2 pm. The sale will be held at Bonner School, 3060 Cobble Hill Road, Mill Bay.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to storage limitations, we are no longer accepting book donations until December 1, 2021. Thank you to everyone for your generous donations and continuing support!

COVID-19 PROTOCOL INFORMATION:

PROOF OF VACCINATION IS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY TO THE BOOK SALE for everyone born in 2009 or earlier (12+) as required by order of the Medical Health Office. Government issued identification must be shown as well, with the exception of youth ages 12 to 18.

Everyone born in 2016 or earlier (5+), with specific exceptions, will be required to wear masks at the sale. Face shields are not deemed to be masks. People will be encouraged to pay attention to distancing. Sale tables will be spread out more, with checkout lines and tables being in the hallways and foyer outside of the book sale room. No food or beverages will be available. Hand sanitizer will be placed at the entrance to the school and throughout the sale area. As usual, the number of people in the sale room will be monitored as they enter and leave. Please check this site periodically for updates.

We are happy to report that the Garden House Foundation Fund balance was $183,619 as of August 31, 2021! Cowichan Family Life, Cowichan Women Against Violence and the Duncan and District S.P.C.A. received their annual grants before the end of 2020 even though there was no sale last October.

Thank you again to everyone who has ever purchased a book, volunteered their help, supported through sponsoring, or donated books, for making this happen. A special thank you to Tenold Books and the Duncan Missions Thrift store for donating books, as well as School District 79 for its support in providing book storage, sale space and tables. Bonner School students and staff, as well as students and staff from Brentwood College have since 2013 been setting-up and dismantling the sale, for which we are so grateful!!

We are looking forward to seeing you again in October during the excitement of the sale. In the meantime, we wish you the very best of health!

Kind regards,

Jackie and Jim Barker

Thank you to all who supported the sale!

Score some great reads for your fall and winter reading!

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