It’s just around the corner:Greatest Gently Used Book Sale – anywhere!

Gently Used Book Sale Benefits
C-FB ISD Students & Teachers

Now entering its second decade of operation, the Gently Used Book Sale, coordinated by the C-FB ISD PTA Council, is scheduled for the end of this month: February 23-26.  This is a great community event that promotes the importance of literacy, but  it also provides all types of books and media at great prices.

For all the thousands of annual book sale supporters, please note that the sale has moved to a new location. However, you can still find the sale by looking for the giant "Book Sale" banner.

Mills Pointe Shopping Center

2810 E. Trinity Mills Road, Suite 117

Carrollton, TX 75006

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Although the sale is at a new location, the sale will still be organized. Our volunteers still take their work seriously, and when you come to our Gently Used Book Sale, you will find the merchandise organized by category and even author. The committee and the volunteers will have set up a sale that looks and feels like a book store.

Donations

The PTA needs your support now. The C-FB ISD campuses are drop off points, and the individual PTA units can earn funding for their participation in book drives. There are more details on the book sale site.

Items needed are:

• Children’s books (fiction, non-fiction), including hardback and paperback
• Adult books (fiction, non-fiction), including hardback and paperback
• Cookbooks
• Coffee table books
• Current reference books
• Original Videotapes
• Original CDs & DVDs
• Audio Books

You may also drop donations off at the site during these times:

Sundays: 1-5 p.m. 

Tuesdays: 9 a.m.-1p.m. and 7 -9 p.m.

Thursdays: 9am-1 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.

Volunteer Opportunities

The Gently Used Book Sale is the successful project because of the outstanding volunteers.  The volunteers do a marvelous job of sorting and arranging all the donations for the sale. If you are a book lover and enjoy organizing, the PTA invites you to join the volunteer group. The volunteers will be sorting and organizing on the days listed above.

You can stop by the book sale location on any of these days to sign up or you can also sign up by emailing the Volunteer Chairman at Volunteers@GentlyUsedBookSale.org.

Sale Date/Hours

We hope that you will join us at the sale.  Here are the dates, times and prices.
February 23: 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
$2.00 Hardback, $1.00 Paperback
February 24: 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
$2.00 Hardback, $1.00 Paperback
February 25: 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
$1.00 Hardback, $0.50 Paperback
February 26: Noon-6 p.m.
$1.00 Hardback, $0.50 Paperback
$12 Box of Books

To keep up with the sale, visit Gently Used Book Sale website.  At the sale's website, you can also sign up for the committee's mailing list.  The sale's e-newsletter will give you detailed information straight to your email box.

Remember, if you have any book sale items, please donate them to the Gently Used Book Sale.  They will benefit projects for the students and teachers of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch School District.  And, if you love books, donate your time to help the PTA Council organize an outstanding community event. And, finally mark your calendar for February 23 - 26 because you will want come see the best organized Gently Used Book Sale and make some great purchases.

We in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch School District thank the C-FB ISD PTA Council and the Book Sale volunteers for supporting the students, teachers and staff.  The profits from the Gently Used Book Sale will benefit your school district that has goal of high achievement of all students. 

For more information about the C-FB ISD PTA Council: Council website