The Great Hunger Book Sale
The 44th Annual Hunger Book Sale is in the Books!
All the remnants of the sale have been cleaned up by an efficient crew of 30 people and we were done by noon on Wednesday. There is still some money coming in, but as of Wednesday we had $31,570 in sales. This is the highest amount we have ever had for the sale! Of course there will be expenses but we should be able to donate more than ever as well. Thank you to everyone who worked on the sale, bought books, told friends and family about the sale and prayed for our success.
There will be more news to come but the committee is resting for a while until we meet in fall to discuss the donations.
~Lyn Aiken, Sue Cornell, Mary Kaems, Jeanne Kornkven, Kathy Nelson, Chris Reynolds
Since the start of the Hunger Book Sale, we have donated over $570,000 to help feed the hungry in our community. It has become the largest used book sale in the Greater Milwaukee Area. These were the 21 donations made from the 2024 Hunger Book Sale proceeds for a total of $24,000:
4 free meal sites: (The Gathering, Capuchin Community Services, Open Door Café St. John’s Cathedral, and Summerfield Methodist Church)
7 agencies that include food programs or distribution: (Interchange Program, Hunger Task Force, Jewish Community Pantry, Rescue Mission, Neighborhood House Food Pantry, and Kinship Community Food Center)
7 local organizations with food related costs: (Sojourner Family Peace Center, ARCW: Now Vivent Health, Repairers of the Breach, Cathedral Women’s Center, MacCanon Brown Homeless Sanctuary, Milwaukee Guest House, and Our Next Generation Homework Club)
3 charities fighting world hunger: (Episcopal Relief and Development, Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee’s Haiti Project and the Newala CMM Sisters Orphanage)