Information for 2026 Volunteers coming soon!

Thank you for your patience as we finalize this year’s volunteer schedules.

Volunteers are needed in the morning of September 2 at Clark’s Self Storage Units, 7077 County Rd 124, to load the rental truck with our equipment and furniture and then to go to Bamco to unload the truck.

Volunteers are needed in the afternoon at the Bamco site to prepare the site for Donations Receiving, Sorting and Diversion – to set up tables and bookcases, to clean as needed, and to set out signage.

For further information, please contact Lynn Allen, Activity Coordinator, at saledays@fgpl.ca

Donations Pickup from 3 Library Locations:
We need volunteers with vehicles who are able to pick up boxes and bags of books from 3 library locations – Main Library, Westminster Square Branch, and East Side Branch –  and bring them to the sale site at Bamco. This task will be done several times a week, as assigned by the Donation Coordinator, from September 2 to October 10. 

Donations Receiving – Takes place at the Bamco Sale Site:
In this activity you will be required to lift and move boxes and bags from a donor’s vehicle onto a trolley and into the sale site, and then move them to a designated area within the building. You must be able to lift and move items that may weigh up to 30 lbs. without difficulty. Shifts vary in length but are generally 2 to 3 hours.
 
For more information, or to volunteer, please contact Jacki at donations@fgpl.ca

Sorting volunteers are needed to unbox and evaluate incoming donations for inclusion in the sale. New and returning volunteers will be required to attend a training session. Each sorting session is three hours long, including time for a quick break and a snack.

To include as many sorting volunteers as possible, each volunteer is asked to limit themselves to a training session and three regular shifts.

Since the last scheduled day of sorting is often cancelled, anyone who chooses a shift on October 16 as one of their regular shifts may also sign up for one additional shift.

If you are unable to get as many shifts as you would like, please consider volunteering in Diversion or on Sale Weekend, where your help will be greatly appreciated.

Note, if you usually volunteer in the Media area, please do not sign up for shifts on the Sorting SignUp calendar.

For further information please contact the Sorting Coordinator, Christine, at Sorting@fgpl.ca

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Sale Days and Parking during Sale Days – October 22-25

We need many volunteers for the 4 days of the sale weekend to work inside the sale site or outside as Parking Attendants.

Sale Days volunteers working inside the sale site do Checkout (Tally and Cash), act as Checkout Line, Door and Table Monitors, and bring out books from Overflow to replenish tables.

Sale Days Volunteer Training Days October 13-17
Sale Days volunteers are required to attend a training session. This is important because we make changes to the layout of the site and to procedures based on feedback from the Customer and Volunteer Surveys.

While you should sign up for only one task per shift, we encourage you to sign up for several shifts (and several tasks if you like) over the course of the sale. Volunteers must be physically capable of doing the tasks they sign up for. In addition, Checkout volunteers must have the mathematical ability to perform their tasks.

Parking Attendants, working under the supervision of the Parking Coordinator, assist customers to find a place to park their car. This important role gives customers their first impression of the book sale. A safety vest and flashlight are supplied. Parking Attendants will be trained by the Parking Coordinator and assigned a location to monitor.

To read a description of Sale Days tasks from the 2025 Sale Days Volunteer Training Manual, please click here.

For further information, please contact Lynn Allen, Sale Days Coordinator, at saledays@fgpl.ca

It ain’t over til it’s over!

We need plenty of strong (and some not-so strong) people to help us clean up the book sale site. There are a whole variety of tasks: tables, chairs and other book sale paraphernalia must be prepared for transport, the space will need cleaning and the left-over books and media must be packed up. Once again we will be using easy-to-fill 4ft square crates.

There will be morning, afternoon, and evening shifts, so whatever your schedule we hope you can find time to help in some capacity. Moving tables, breaking down cardboard, or packing crates is as good as a trip to the gym and possibly more fun.  Join the Post Sale clean-up crew for a different kind of work-out!

There is no mandatory training session. Volunteers will receive task-related instructions as needed. Shifts are three hours long with breaks whenever necessary.

For more information, please contact Nancy, Post Sale Coordinator at postsale@fgpl.ca.