AAUW Wheaton-Glen Ellyn Used Book Sale kicks off June 20

Posted June 12, 2024 10:46 am

Submitted by Suzanne Gagner

The Wheaton-Glen Ellyn AAUW Branch, NFP is busy gathering books for its 2024 Used Book Sale. The sale will feature fiction, including science fiction, mystery, romance, and classics; nonfiction, including history, politics, biographies and autobiographies; young adult books and children’s books.

More than 11,000 books will provide a great opportunity to refresh your TBR (To Be Read) piles.

This year’s sale will be June 20-22 at Westfield Elementary School, 2S125 Mayfield Lane, Glen Ellyn. It is located in the Butterfield West subdivision located east of Route 53 and north of Butterfield Road.

Sale hours will be 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. On Saturday, books will be $10 a bag.

Since 1881, AAUW has been a leading force for equity and education for women and girls with approximately a thousand branches nationwide. AAUW provides 5 million dollars annually in fellowships and grants to women. Their salary negotiation workshops have trained 188,675 people to negotiate salaries and benefits. The Wheaton-Glen Ellyn Branch, founded in 1956, is the second largest branch in Illinois with more than 100 members.

Proceeds from the annual used book sale are used primarily to fund local scholarships. For more information about AAUW and the AAUW Wheaton-Glen Ellyn Branch, visit wheatonglenellyn-il.aauw.net. The monthly branch meetings resume in September. Consider joining the AAUW to explore issue of equity and equal rights.

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