Support a Children's Book Festival at the Woodrow Wilson Plaza

Posted 6 days ago

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About the role

Carpe Librum is a used bookstore benefiting Turning the Page, an education nonprofit dedicated to developing literacy programs for elementary and middle school students in Wards 1, 7, and 8. We are organizing our annual Children's Book Festival on Saturday, September 19. We will need volunteers to help us set up in the morning and box up in the afternoon. This is a great opportunity to spend an hour or two supporting literacy and positive educational outcomes in the DC public school students. Can you lend a hand? The first shift is from 9 am-10:30 am, helping to set up tables and shelve books by genre. The second shift is from 4:30 pm-6:00 pm, helping to pack up books. If interested, sign up, and we will reach out with more details. Thank you! (By the way, we're not just any bookstore: we're a fundraising bookstore! Carpe Librum collects donated books, CDs, and DVDs to support the DC nonprofit Turning the Page.)

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