The Friends of the Englewood Library broke another book sale record by grossing $17,972 during the recent four-day sale at the Renaissance Office Center, according to Northern Valley Press in its Jan. 7th issue.
"This is slightly higher than the total for the same four-day sale last year," said Cynthia Sumner to the paper. Cynthia is the Friends book sale vice president.
In her report to the Friends board of directors, she said, "What made this year's event significant is participation of a large number of of new volunteers recruited by Ella Urdang, the organizational skills of the spouses of the board members, and effective publicity campaign of Irmari Nacht."
Sale was well organized
"Several patrons commented on how well the sale was organized," Cynthia said. "The 'staggered opening'... not letting in all of the 90 people in line at the same time... seemed to work well despite some initial grumbling. Ella explained the 'rules' to everyone in her 'command' voice', and they listened.
"We had fewer piles of books left in the hallway thanks to Bobbie, Irmari and others who kept track of what was happening in the 'outside room'.
"I'm hoping that the new volunteers this year will become regular volunteers. I want to say a special thanks to Jonathan Nacht who acted as 'traffic cop' at the door on the first day, as well as monitoring people carrying books in and out of the 'inside room'. Plus he seems to have inherited Irmari's talent for organizing boxes. Our 'box room' never looked good. And thank you to J.K. Levien for helping out in clearing out the mess on the last day after the closing time."
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