The Book Sale

I have had several people inquire about my daughter’s book sale, this last Saturday, October 1, 2005.

The kids raised $ 124.00 which is being sent, by the school, to Second Harvest.

We ended up with about 1,500 books, of which we sold around 350.

My daughter and I appreciate all the donations of books for this sale.

We would have probably sold a lot more, but the attendance at the craft fair was very light. There were several other events happening around KC and the rain might have kept a bunch of people away.

Regardless, $ 124.00 is more than Second Harvest had before the sale. I feel proud of my daughter and her friends for the work they chose to do.

We may have another sale on December 03. So, if you need to get rid of any books between now and then, feel free to give me a call.

I want to share a quick story about one dear lady at the book sale. She shopped for quite a while and picked up three books.

When I told her it was $ 1.50. She protested. She pointed out that the sign indicated the price as $ 1.00 each.

I told her it was a fund raiser, for those displaced by the hurricanes, and that she was welcome to give me $ 1.00 each, but that we were trying to get rid of as many books as possible, so we had reduced the price.

She pondered for a minute, gave me $ 2.00 and insisted that I keep the change for the fund raiser.

She walked away, seemingly content.

I noticed her looking over at us, as she moved throughout the craft fair. She looked as if she had forgotten something.

A few minutes later, she came up to me and bent forward at the shoulders, as if to shield prying eyes from her wallet. She extracted a
$ 20.00 bill and said, “Here take this for those people. I have wanted to give, but my husband would not let me.”

The bounce in her step said it all as she went back to shopping. She, in her own little, covert way, had pulled a fast one on her unsuspecting spouse. I wonder if he had a clue as to the reason for the sly smile she carried as they left.