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Bookstock Time!

Annual sale benefi ts Metro
Detroit literacy projects.

VIVIAN HENOCH SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

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TOP RIGHT:
Bookstock
leadership: Sheri
Schiff, Susi
Schoenberger,
Natalie Newman,
Ruth Beitner,
Julie Sherizen
and Roz Blanck.

elcome to eight page-
turning days of festivities
for book bargain shop-
pers, cookbook collectors, hungry
young readers, cupcake bakers,
essay writers, lucky winners of
prize-drawings and recipients of
a snag-bag special. It’s all the fun
of the hunt at Bookstock, Metro
Detroit’s “Biggest and Best Used
Book and Media Sale,” Sunday, April
22, through Sunday, April 29, at
Livonia’s Laurel Park Place.
Shop for yourself and for a good
cause, too. Proceeds from the sale
benefit literacy and education proj-
ects throughout Metro Detroit. Once
again, Detroit Free Press columnist
Rochelle Riley and Detroit News col-
umnist Neal Rubin are honorary
co-chairs of Bookstock. The Mike
Morse Law Firm is Bookstock’s 2018
presenting sponsor.
Marking 16 years of supporting
the need to read, Bookstock has
generated more than $1.8 million
for literacy and education projects
throughout Oakland County and
Detroit. More than 800 volunteers
work together throughout the year
to organize and staff the week-long
Bookstock sale.
A volunteer and Bookstock co-
chair since its start in 2002, Roz
Blanck said, “Bookstock is known for
the past 16 years because of our com-
munity. It takes a village to make this
work and thank goodness we have
that village. We work year-round to
collect, sort and deliver books by the

truckload to make Bookstock a win-
win for everyone in our community.
“I’m so proud of how much the
event has grown each year, how it’s
put on by 800 volunteers and, best of
all, that all the money goes to educa-
tion and literacy to so many non-
profit organizations in Detroit — all
to the benefit of so many. Bookstock
is our ‘sale without fail’ because read-
ing is essential — a life skill everyone
must have. We’re here to support and
nurture that need to read in every
way we can.”
Bookstock is brought to the com-
munity by the Jewish Community
Relations Council/AJC, Jewish
Federation Women’s Philanthropy,
Jewish Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit, B’nai B’rith
Youth Organization, Brandeis
University, Delta Kappa Gamma,
Farber Hebrew Day School, Hebrew
Day School of Ann Arbor, Frankel
Jewish Academy, Hadassah-Greater
Detroit Chapter, Hillel Day School
PTO, JVS, Jewish Community Center
of Ann Arbor, Jewish Family Services
of Washtenaw County, Jewish
Federation of Greater Ann Arbor,
National Council of Jewish Women,
Oakland Literacy Council and ORT
America.
For details about Bookstock, call
the Bookstock hotline at (248) 645-
7840 ext. 365 or visit bookstockmi.
org. Laurel Park Place is on 6 Mile
Road, east of I-275, in Livonia. •

Vivian Henoch is editor of myJewishDetroit.org.

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Doors open for Bookstock’s pre-
sale kick-off at 8:15 a.m. Sunday,
April 22, with a $20 admission only
through 11 a.m. Early shoppers
and collectors can take first crack
at Bookstock’s more than 300,000
donated used books, DVDs, CDs,
audio books, magazines and vinyl for
sale at bargain prices. The sale con-
tinues through Sunday, April 29, dur-
ing mall hours from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
on Sundays and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Monday through Saturday. All other
times are free admittance.

DAILY SPECIALS

Monday Madness, April 23: The first
1,000 shoppers will receive special
giveaways including a $50 Visa gift
card every hour; and one lucky shop-
per will receive a $500 Visa gift card.
Teacher Appreciation Day,
Tuesday, April 24: Bookstock is
celebrating teachers with 50 percent
off to all teachers with a valid ID
from 3-9 p.m. At 5 p.m., the B.E.S.T.
Awards (Bookstock Extraordinary
Student/School/Teacher) will be pre-
sented to fourth-grade students from
Detroit Public Schools Community
District who wrote the top essays
themed, “My Favorite Book Character
. . . and Why.” A WDIV-TV personality
will present the awards live, and cash
prizes will be given to five students,
their teachers and their schools.

Cookstock, Wednesday, April
25: Bookstock will feature the area’s
largest collection of gently used
cookbooks. At 5 p.m., the winners
of the Cookstock Cupcake Recipe
Contest will be announced by local
news anchors Carolyn Clifford (WXYZ-
Channel 7), Sherry Margolis (Fox 2)
and TV Host Tati Amare (WDIV-Local
4). The winning cupcake will be
featured at Good Cakes and Bakes,
Detroit’s hottest new bakery, and
appear on WDIV Local 4’s Live in the D.
Plus, the $25 snag bag: All the
books you can snag in our bag for
$25 (quantities limited and some
exclusions apply).
Bookbuster Special Days,
Thursday, April 26, and Friday,
April 27: Buy three books and get
the fourth book *free (*least expen-
sive item) from 3-9 p.m. Spend $25
or more either night and be entered
in a special drawing for a puck
signed by Red Wings Center Dylan
Larkin, four tickets to a 2018 Tigers
game or a round of golf and lunch for
four at Plum Hollow Golf Course in
Southfield.
Children’s Day, Saturday, April
28: Fun for the whole family with
special activities for kids with
Toyology, Arts and Scraps projects
and Goldfish Swim School from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m.
Half Price Finale, Sunday, April
29: All books and media will be sold
for half price.

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