Annual Book Sale (2001-2007)

IThe Book Sale was an annual event held in honour of Adult Literacy Month by The Centre for Literacy of Quebec and Giant Book Sales  It helped to raise awareness of literacy and delivered books to Quebec schools and communities in need

Teacher Tanya Poole, from the Mecatina School in La Tabatière, QC, a remote community on the Lower North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, accessible only by boat or plane, received some of these books.

Tanya wrote: “…Living in such an isolated area, access to resources such as books is very limited. In fact, the only source within our community is our school library. ... [Y]our donations help us enrich our existing collection and offer a variety of material to our students….We thrive on the fact that we are succeeding in building a community of children who love to read and get very excited when presented with new books!” 

Jaida, one of Tanya’s students, offered her own thanks. “Thank you for such interesting books. I might have to read more than one…”

Other Benefits

• Provided more than $35,000 to The Centre for Literacy, enabling us to: bring low- or no-cost literacy activities to the grassroots; offer subsidized professional training activities for community-based organizations; and deepen public understanding of literacy issues.

• Delivered over $50,000 in book donations (worth $100,000 + in retail value!) to other organizations in the community. Provided in the form of book certificates, these donations have allowed several groups the rare opportunity to acquire new books of their own choosing! Recipients of these donations included (in alphabetical order):

  Atwater Library & Computer Centre Auberge Shalom Born to Read Coronation School Cote des Neiges Black Community Centre Dawson College - Library Dawson College -The Learning Centre Elizabeth House Fraser Hickson Library Head and Hands HIPPY Montreal James Lyng Adult Centre L’Abri en Ville LDAQ Montreal Chapter 1 Literacy in Action Literacy Unlimited LOVE (Leave Out ViolencE) Miriam Home Montreal Children’s Hospital Mount Sinai Hospital Auxiliary PACE Public Libraries

  Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations (QFHSA) Quebec Literacy Working Group RECLAIM Riverview School Salvation Army Share the Warmth Skawenniio Barnes Kahnewake Library St. Gabriel’s School St. James Drop-in Centre Système Montessori Chez Denyse The Centre for Literacy Third Avenue Resource Centre Tyndale St. Georges United Talmud Torahs for the firebombed library Vanier College Library Woodland Elementary School YW-YMHA YM-YWCA – Words for Women