Cathy McAllister after retirement had devoted her time to a non-profit organization. She loved reading books and the organization used to organize an event in which the books were sold at an affordable price to customers and the money accrued was used for charity purpose. Cathy had been given the responsibility of most of the tasks of the show. It was while sorting the books she comes across a worn out book. She opens it up to check it thoroughly. It was then she finds a hollow carved inside the book with a knife. The purpose behind this act would put you in disbelief.
There are many organizations all around the world that accepts book donations along with clothes. And Volunteer Nonprofit Service Association Inc happens to be one of them. The organization that is based in Pheonix, Arizona has hundreds of its volunteers looking after donations and receiving over 600,000 books in donations. Some people call VNSA “the largest charity used book sale in the Southwest.”
After the organization is done giving many books the institution forms a group of 130+ volunteers who sorts through the books and put a price on them. Thereafter, they get them ready for the big event that happens every February. Cathy McAllister is a former schoolteacher who helps in getting the books ready for February sale.
Cathy is very fond of books. She had freshly retired as a school teacher and was actively participating in the events organized by Volunteer Nonprofit Service Association Inc. Her favorite in all is the event concerned with the book. She participates in that on a regular basis.
The Facebook page of Used Book Sale’s read, “VNSA is unique among Valley charities in that it is an all-volunteer organization with no paid employees.” “The 100+ members of VNSA work year round collecting donated books, sorting, pricing and boxing the books and preparing all the details for the annual Book Sale.”
So what kind of books do they look for? McAllister explains, “We always look for a book that we can sell,” “And so we don’t keep everything. Sometimes we get multiple copies of a book; sometimes it’s a book that doesn’t sell.”
Cathy shoulders many of the responsibilities of the event. Among many of her responsibilities, one is the coordination of the volunteers. She had to make sure that volunteers are doing their work efficiently.