I spent last Saturday helping a fabulous neighborhood organization do some of the last preparations for their big fundraiser of the year.  The Goddard-Riverside Community Center holds a 3-day book sale every year, on the weekend before Thanksgiving.  They ask publishers to donate books, which are then sold at a 50% (or more) discount, and each year (this is their 23rd year) they raise somewhere around $100,000, which is used to support their fabulous work here in NYC.

You can find info about the sale at http://www.goddard.org/bookfair.html, and about the work they do at http:www.goddard.org.

If you live in or around NYC, stop by - I'll be working there on Saturday and Sunday, probably in the Mystery section (though I might get reassigned to somewhere else that needs help).

Here are some photos taken right after the last work session, when all of the books that have arrived have been sorted into the sales categories, and re-boxed - ready for the coming weekend.

BTW: Once HarperGroup's year of playing with the Panasonic HD videocam is done, I plan on donating it to Goddard for their use in the teen video workshops or for their administrative use.