Community
13 December, 2024
Help needed to move books
THE Rotary Club of Warrnambool is this week sending out a call for help to move hundreds of books in preparation for its next giant book sale.
The club has successfully hosted eight highly popular Giant Book Sales over the past four years.
The next sale is planned for the Australia Day weekend in January, 2025.
While past sales have been held at the historic Warrnambool Club on Kepler Street, next year’s event will take place at 169 Fairy Street – and help is now needed to move hundreds of books.
“Due to a change in circumstances, the building in Kepler Street is no longer available for our sale,” director of service projects with the Rotary Club of Warrnambool Tony Austin said.
“Thankfully, well-known Warrnambool businessman Norm McCullagh has donated the use of premises at 169 Fairy Street for our upcoming sale; which we are extremely grateful.”
This now means the club needs to move hundreds of books from the previous location to the new site – and volunteers are needed.
“Running a giant book sale requires a gigantic collection of books,” Mr Austin said.
“We have amassed hundreds of boxes of books and are now looking to move all these on the morning of Saturday, December 14.”
The plan involves forming a human chain to lift the boxes from the storage area at Kepler Street on to pallets.
“We’ve had generous support from local businesses with regards to forklifts, forklift operators and a truck to load and unload the books but we currently have a critical gap in our plan.
“We need some willing and able helpers from the community to assist our Rotary club members with moving the books.”
If you’re strong, enthusiastic and ready to lend a hand, the Rotary Club of Warrnambool would love your help to ensure this move goes smoothly.
Anyone who can volunteer some time from 10am on Saturday, December 14 is asked to contact Anne Adams on 0418 528 787 or Tony Austin 0400 688 941.
