Spring used‑book sale set
The Friends of the White Salmon Valley Community Library will hold a Spring Used Book Sale from Friday, April 24 through Sunday, April 26, offering locally donated titles across genres. The sale was announced as a community fundraising and reading‑access event. (columbiagorgenews.com)
A spring used-book sale is coming to White Salmon later this month, with the Friends of the White Salmon Valley Community Library running the fundraiser from April 24 to April 26. (columbiagorgenews.com) The sale is scheduled for Friday, April 24, through Sunday, April 26, and organizers said the tables will be stocked with locally donated books across multiple genres. The event was announced as both a fundraising effort and a way to put low-cost reading material back into the community. (columbiagorgenews.com) The White Salmon Valley Community Library is part of Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries and is located at 77 Northeast Wauna Avenue in White Salmon. The branch is open Monday through Saturday and lists a Friends of the Library bookstore in the hallway near the gallery during regular library hours. (fvrl.org, fvrl.org) The Friends group in White Salmon is one of 14 local Friends organizations supported by the Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation. The foundation says those groups help local branches through funding, advocacy and volunteer work, including book sales and purchases for library programs, materials and equipment. (fvrlfoundation.org) That structure gives a small branch in a city of about 2,548 people a volunteer fundraising arm alongside regular library operations. Census Reporter’s profile for White Salmon, based on the 2024 American Community Survey five-year data, lists the city population at 2,548. (censusreporter.org, fvrlfoundation.org) Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries already directs bargain hunters to the White Salmon branch’s ongoing Friends bookstore, but the April sale concentrates donated inventory into a three-day event. The district’s used-books page says shoppers do not need to wait for a sale to buy gently used books, because many branches keep year-round Friends shelves or shops. (fvrl.org) For White Salmon readers, the setup is familiar: donated books come in, volunteers sort and price them, and proceeds cycle back into branch support. The next turn in that loop starts Friday, April 24. (columbiagorgenews.com, fvrlfoundation.org)
