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Special Days
at Bookstock
(bookstockmi.org)
PRE-SALE
Bookstock kicks off with
a special Pre-Sale on
Sunday, April 7, at 8:15 a.m.
featuring a performance
by the Ukaladies and the
Bookstock parade of vol-
unteers. Admission is $25
for the Pre-Sale only, which
ends at 11 a.m., and offers
first choice of Bookstock’s
huge array of used books
and media.
MONDAY-FRIDAY
BARGAIN DAYS
Shoppers can bring a
Bookstock bag from a pre-
vious year to receive 20
percent off their entire pur-
chase. (This excludes other
promotions and is limited
to one Bookstock bag dis-
count per customer.)
TEACHER
APPRECIATION DAY
Teachers with professional
identification will receive
a 50% discount from 2 to
7 p.m. on Tuesday April 9,
and Wednesday, April 10.
BOOKSTOCK B.E.S.T.
AWARD PRESENTATION
On April 9, awards will be
presented to fourth grade
students from the Detroit
Public Schools Community
District for their winning
essays about their favorite
book characters.
POCKET PAPERBACK
PALOOZA AND
GRAND FINALE
Shoppers can buy a dozen
pocket paperbacks for $10
on Saturday, April 13. All
books will be sold for 50%
off on Sunday, April 14.
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS
One of the major changes over
the years has been the addition
of partner nonprofit organiza-
tions that provide volunteers
for Bookstock — 37 organiza-
tions since 2005. These local
nonprofits, such as the National
Council of Jewish Women, all
provide educational or literacy
programs in the community.
When their members volunteer
for a Bookstock shift — wheth-
er sorting books or working at
the sale — their hours are tab-
ulated and a proportional share
goes back to their organization.
Ruth Beitner is Bookstock’s vol-
unteer coordinator.
This year, more than 600
volunteers are expected to
provide 6,284 volunteer hours,
compared to 2,927 in 2005, the
first year that volunteer records
were kept. Last year, 28 orga-
nizations received funds from
Bookstock.
Collecting and sorting donat-
ed books and media and then
setting everything up at Laurel
Park Place is a massive task.
The three Depot co-chairs —
Carol Dmitruk, Sharon Resnick
and Jane Steinger — each have
more than 10 years of volunteer
experience with Bookstock and
have refined the process over
the years. The Depot or collec-
tion point is Congregation Beth
Ahm, and the cut-off for dona-
tions was the week of March 6.
Books and other donated items
are sorted into 50 categories
and boxed as they arrive at
Beth Ahm.
A moving company takes
more than 600 cartons of items
to the Laurel Place Office
Building, where they are stored
at no charge through Schostak
Brothers, the building owners.
On the Thursday before the
sale, everything is moved to
Laurel Park Place for set-up.
Chairs and tables are provided
by Laurel Park Place’s owner,
CBL Properties. Bookstock
provides tablecloths, signs, can-
vas bags for purchases, aprons
for volunteers, maps, mugs and
pens used during the sale.
BOOKS STILL
HAVE APPEAL
The most popular categories
are mysteries, science fiction,
children’s books, art books
and records. There are also
special selections — old and
rare books and book sets which
appeal to collectors and are
priced below comparable items
online.
Bookstock adheres to a phi-
Members of the Motor City Pipes and Drums kick off Bookstock’s 2023 Grand Opening.
JEFF AISEN
A parade of
volunteers
kick offs
Bookstock’s
2019 Grand
Opening.
JEFF AISEN