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BookFest 2010
The Rotary Club of Heretaunga will present the next Giant Charity BookFest on Saturday 1st May - 9am to 8pm & Sunday 2nd May - 9am to 3pm.
BookFest 2010 will be held at the Upper Hutt YMCA Gymnasium, Somme Road, Heretaunga. This is the same venue as last year and just along the road from the previous venue at the old Central Institute of Technology opposite Heretaunga Railway Station. There is plenty of carparking available
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The biggest pre-loved book sale you ever saw!
What is the BookFest?
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Since inception in 1995 around May each year a few thousand people gather to browse over some 80,000 books, magazines, games, tapes, CD's and videos.
About four months before the BookFest, Heretaunga Rotary sets up collection points for used books at supermarkets and selected retail outlets. Many people donate books they no longer need and we co-ordinate their collection, sorting and presentation in one mighty annual book sale.
BookFest has now become an annual event for many avid readers, the young and not so young, keen to store up on books for the coming winter and at the same time make a contribution towards many worthwhile community projects within the Hutt Valley.
It has grown to include the sale of second hand computing equipment, puzzles and games, delishious BBQ sausages and home made ginger beer.
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BookFest is the Heretaunga Rotary Club's major annual fundraising event. Many local businesses lend their support towards the organisation of BookFest resulting in a range of local Community groups directly benefiting from this combining of Community resources.
Projects and organizations directly benefiting from the proceeds of the BookFest during 2009 included:
- Cactus (Heretaunga College)
- Te Omanga Hospice
- Fred Hollows Foundation
- Indian Village Project
- Upper Hutt Food Bank
- Fire Service Defibrillator
- Family Works Upper Hutt
- Upper Hutt Community Rescue
- Salvation Army Fiji Floods
- Silverstream Kindergarden
- RYLA Youth Leadership Award
- DARE Hutt Valley
- Teen Parenting School in Upper Hutt
- Upper Hutt Neighbourhood Suport
- CAN Project
- Mercy Ships
- Shelterboxes
- Parkinson Society
- Heart Trust
- Birthright
- Rotary Science Forum
- Victim Support
- Rotary River Relay
- Swings Society
To ensure a successful BookFest 2010 for all, we need lots and lots of books . . .
| Books for the young and not so young, soft cover and hard cover, fiction and non-fiction, books for children, books about animals and art, cooking. DIY, health and fitness, home & garden, hobbies & crafts, military and music...the list is endless but all you can donate will surely be appreciated. |
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We will be collecting books, plus magazines, games, tapes, CD's and DVD's from early January and have set up collection points at the following locations:
| Upper Hutt: |
PAK "N" SAVE - Gibbons Street |
| Silverstream: |
NEW WORLD, SILVERSTREAM - Whitemans Road |
| Petone: |
PAK "N" SAVE - Jackson Street |
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If you do have any enquiries or would like your contribution to be collected from your home please telephone:
| Graham Waring |
527-0525 |
City & North |
| Rob Buchanan |
528-6344 |
Wallaceville & Trentham |
| Hardy Andersen |
528-6695 |
Silverstream |
| Bryan Ross |
528-5879 |
Heretaunga |
Final collection Monday 26th April
As an adjunct to our BookFest we will be also offering used computer equipment. If you have surplus computing equipment you would like to donate please talk over what you can offer with:
Richard Donaldson Ph 528-3280
We regret that we are unable to accept computing equipment at the above listed collection points. Collection can be arranged separately with Richard.
For any enquiries about the BookFest please contact:
info@bookfest.org.nz
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Heretaunga Rotary Club
PO Box 48-005 Silverstream Upper Hutt |
http://www.heretaunga-rotary.wellington.net.nz
Thanks for supporting BookFest and our community!
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