metro Om 7o he Books! More than 1,100 Bookstock volunteers aid the cause of literacy. Shari S. Cohen Special to the Jewish News T .0. Alissa Citron, D.0, /1413•11 When you choose a primary care doctor you're also choosing Beaumont. The doctors at Living Well Primary Care are more than highly trained physicians, they're also part of the most preferred hospital in the area: Beaumont. Year after year, in independent studies, patients prefer Beaumont for doctors, for nurses, for surgery and for overall quality of care. Living Well Primary Care Call for an appointment today: 248-254-6000 29645 W. 14 Mile Road, Suite 110 Farmington Hills, MI 48334 www.beaumont.edu/living-well-primary-care Beaumont I Medical Group Do you have a Beaumont doctor? his year marks the 12th annu- al Bookstock, a volunteer-run used book and media sale that has grown from a four-day event organized by a handful of Jewish organizations to an eight-day sale that brings together a broad base of non- profit organizations and prominent business sponsors. The sale runs from April 27-May 4 at Laurel Park Place in Livonia. Bookstock began with two volun- teers — co-founders Roz Blanck and Jodi Goodman, both of Franklin — and now has more than 1,100 volun- teers throughout the year. After the first sale, proceeds of $28,000 were distributed to the par- ticipating nonprofit organizations; last year it received $121,000. Since Bookstock's inception, nearly $1 mil- lion has been generated for local lit- eracy and educational programs — a tribute to the power of a good idea implemented by intensely dedicated volunteers. In addition, book-related contests and awards for students, teachers and schools are now part of Bookstock, and the Bookstock Scholar Awards pro- vide a scholarship for a Wayne State University library science student. Bookstock is brought to the com- munity by the Jewish Community Relations Council. Bookstock began in 2003 as a reformulation of the Brandeis University Women's Book Sale. Beverly Sabbath was a longtime volunteer for the successful Brandeis event, but says, as years passed, "there were too few volunteers and the women were getting to the point where they couldn't handle the demands of the book sale' According to Sabbath, the Brandeis women were planning to end the sale, but Janet Berman of Farmington Hills, Blanck and Goodman decided they couldn't let it die. Blanck was "the leader and cham- pion:' Sabbath said. They enlisted women from Hadassah, ORT and NCJW to help. "Roz checked out Sandy Lada used book sales:' said Sandy Lada, an original Bookstock volunteer. Lada, Paula Glazier and Andi Wolfe, Bookstock volunteers from the beginning Longtime Bookstock volunteers Beverly and Larry Sabbath a West Bloomfield resident, and Sabbath and her husband, Larry, from Bloomfield Hills, had valuable experi- ence working for many years at the Bloomfield Township Public Library Friends used book sale. Andi Wolfe of Bloomfield Hills, another original Bookstock vol- unteer, also was experienced with book sales as a former chair of the Jewish Community Center Book Fair. "Bookstock volunteers have amazing camaraderie she said. "There is a great contribution from the commu- nity. Every group in the world wants to be involved:' Volunteers Are Key A critical element of Bookstock's suc- cess is the organizational volunteer support. Local nonprofit organizations, mostly Jewish, provide volunteers from their memberships. Volunteer hours are recorded for each organization and the totals determine the proportion of Bookstock sales that each nonprofit earns. Bookstock proceeds support these organizations' literacy and edu- The Books on page 22 20 April 17 • 2014 JN