The Great Hunger Book Sale
The 44th Annual Hunger Book Sale is in the Books!
The All Saints Hunger Book Sale Committee is very pleased to announce that this year’s sale was the best ever; $32,000 in sales. After expenses, we were able to donate to 22 organizations that feed the hungry in the amount of $23,500. About $500 is still in our account for a food emergency that may come up during the year. This is a year of food insecurity.
Our expenses include: $2000 to the church for the use of the downstairs all year, paying for extra help with setting up and cleaning up, the extra hours that John Semon puts in due to the sale, and providing food for the workers during the summer and sale. Of course, advertising has costs also. Considering the size of our sale, our expenses are reasonable.
Last year, the committee contemplated ending the sale this year. Thankfully, we were able to add some members to the base committee to cover the sale for at least one more year. Kathy Nelson and Mary Kaems have earned their retirement, and we will be forever grateful for their years of help. The Sale won’t quite be the same without them.
Another reason for this year’s success was the core of volunteers that sorted, priced and boxed all summer. There were around 25 faithful people who helped prepare for the sale and even more who assisted with the selling during the sale. Nearly 60 volunteers in all made the success.
The Milwaukee Earn and Learn program has been supplying us with workers for decades and this year our workers were great. Charles, who was returning from last year and his friend Armanny, who volunteered last year, were amazing, needing no direction at all. Unfortunately, they have aged out of the program with both going to college next year.
Thank you to everyone who worked on the sale, brought and bought books, told friends and family about the sale or prayed for our success.
Save the dates and your books for next year: July 30th - August 4th, 2026
Planning Committee: Lyn Aiken, Suzanne Cornell, Mary Kaems, Jeanne Kornkven, Kathy Nelson, and Chris Reynolds
Pricers and sorters: ASC Members: Jeff Erdmann, Wayne Heidenreich, Mary Hinderliter, Linda Hutchinson, Lyn Morander, Neil Radtke, Steve Waring, Shoko Yoshikawa.
Outside the parish: Cindy Clark, Michelle Mooney, Karen Lemmer, Sue Rhode, Donald Ruehl, Sherry Stebnitz, Dana Thome, Dean Thome.
Since the start of the Hunger Book Sale, we have donated over $600,000 to help feed the hungry in our community. It has become the largest used book sale in the Greater Milwaukee Area. These were the donations made from the 2025 Hunger Book Sale proceeds for a total of $ 23,500:
The Gathering of Southeast Wisconsin, $6000
Capuchin Community Services (St. Ben’s), $2000
St. John’s Open Door Café, $2000
Interchange Food Pantry, $2000
Hunger Task Force, $1000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission, $500
Salvation Army. $700
Vivent Health (AIDS Resource Center), $500
Sojourner, $500
Repairers of the Breach, $500
The Cathedral Center, $1000
Our Next Generation, $300
Episcopal Relief and development, $1700
Neighborhood House Pantry, $500
Jewish Community Food Pantry, $500
Diocese of Wisconsin Inc. - Newala CMM Sisters, $1000
Kinship Community Food Center, $400
MacCannon Brown Homeless Sanctuary, $300
The Guest House, $500
ASC Sandwich Ministry for Guest House, $600
Tosa Cares, $550
Feeding America, $500