Wheaton-Glen Ellyn AAUW taking donations for used book sale

The AAUW Wheaton-Glen Ellyn Branch, founded in 1956, is celebrating its 70th anniversary. It is the largest branch in Illinois with over 125 members. Since its inception, the members have promoted the national AAUW mission of equity and education for women and girls.

In 1962, the AAUW held its first fundraising book sale on a sidewalk in Wheaton. It yielded a profit of $350. In 1968 a Glen Ellyn Sidewalk book sale was added. From this humble beginning, AAUW has held a total of 63 used book sales.

Since 2022, each book sale has featured over 11,000 books and yielded net profits frequently exceeding $12,500.

Over its 70-year history, AAUW has contributed over $400,000 to endowment fundings supporting advanced degrees, postdoctoral research projects, local scholarships and other AAUW mission-based projects.

The 2026 Wheaton-Glen Ellyn AAUW Used Book Sale will be held June 18-20 at Washington Elementary School, 911 Bridle Lane in Wheaton. Sale hours are: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Saturday pricing is $10 for the first bag and $5 for each subsequent bag.

AAUW depends on donations from local residents. Gently used fiction, non-fiction, young adult, audio books and children’s. Board games and puzzles are also accepted. They do not accept textbooks, reference books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, magazines, devotional literature or foreign language books.

Book donations will be accepted until May 31 in Wheaton at Wheaton Sports Center, 1000 W. Prairie Ave.; in Glen Ellyn at Health Track, 875 E. Roosevelt Road; Main Street Rec Center, 501 Hill Ave., Spring Avenue Rec Center, 185 Spring Ave.; and in Lombard at Sunset Knoll Rec Center, 820 S. Finley Road.