February 13 & 14, 2010
The Sale
The 54th Annual VNSA Used Book Sale is February 13 & 14, 2010 at the Arizona State Fairgrounds (1826 W. McDowell Road - enter from 17th Avenue and McDowell). The sale is open on Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and on Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. On Sunday, everything is marked down 50%.
VNSA is proud to make used books available to the general public at very reasonable prices while raising significant amounts of money for charities in Maricopa County. Las year's sale offered more than 600,000 books, DVDs, CDs, audio and video tapes, jigsaw puzzles, maps and other book-related items. The sale attracted more than 20,000 shoppers and enabled VNSA to donate more than $340,000 to its 3 charities of choice.
For more information on the VNSA sale, please visit their website, vnsabooksale.org.
Mission
The purpose of the VNSA Used Book
Sale is to raise funds for three nonprofit human service agencies: Arizona
Friends of Foster Children Foundation, Literacy Volunteers of Maricopa County,
and Toby House, Inc. VNSA members work year round preparing and producing one
of the largest charitable used book sales in the country.
Donations
All the books at the VNSA Used Book
Sale have been donated by the public. Books and related items are donated by
individuals, businesses, schools, libraries and other interested groups. VNSA
is very grateful for the support of the community.
Types of Items Accepted: paperback
books, hardback books, DVDs, CDs, videos, tapes, maps, records, jigsaw puzzles,
encyclopedias printed in the last 15 years and those printed before 1950, and
limited magazines.
Items not Accepted: Since donated
books will be sold to others for use in their homes and schools, only new or
gently used items AND older rare and unusual items can be accepted. VNSA does
not accept damaged books, Readers Digest Condensed books, serial romance books
such as Harlequin, library discards, or
general magazines (including National Geographic).
To donate: Books can be donated to
VNSA by scheduling a pickup, or by using a Drop
Box.
To schedule a pickup, call (602)
265-6805. Donations are tax deductible and receipts are available.
VNSA Volunteers
VNSA is an all-volunteer organization
of interested members of the community. VNSA has no paid staff. Volunteer
members collect, sort, price and box books year round. During preparations for
the sale, VNSA receives help from hundreds of other volunteers. Members of
Teamsters Unions 104 and 752 assist in moving books to the Fairgrounds and
unloading them into categories. Hundreds of family and friends of VNSA work for
a week unpacking boxes and preparing the books for display.
To receive information about becoming
a full-time member, please call 602-265-6805 or send an email to info@vnsabooksale.org
History
More than 50 years ago, VNSA was organized
as the Visiting Nurse Service Auxiliary. The VNSA Used Book Sale was begun in
1957 as a fund-raiser for the nonprofit Visiting Nurse Service. The first sale
raised about $900. In the mid-1980's the Visiting Nurse Service was purchased
by a large hospital corporation. The members of VNSA chose to remain active
with nonprofit service agencies directly benefiting our community. Because our
Owl Logo was very recognizable in the community, we kept the "VNSA"
initials and became Volunteer Nonprofit Service Association. The VNSA Used Book
Sale continues, and all sale proceeds benefit local nonprofit service agencies.
© 2010
