September 20-22 is the 44th Annual AAUW Used Book Sale at the McLean Community Center

September 20-22 is the 44th Annual AAUW Used Book Sale at the McLean Community Center

The McLean Branch of the American Association of University (AAUW) extends its appreciation to the McLean Area Community for its support of the Annual Used Book Sales. The 44th AAUW Annual Used Book Sale will be held at the McLean Community Center, Friday September 20 from 9 am to 7 pm; Saturday, September 21 from 10 am to 6 pm and, Sunday, September 22 from noon to 4 pm.  We look forward to seeing you, your family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors at this annual event at the MCC.

The Friday through Sunday, September 20-22, 2013 AAUW Book Sale is amazingly well stocked with tens of thousands of  books plus hundreds of musical CDs as well as DVDs of television series and movies.   Recent editions of histories, including many military histories, biographies, political analyses, as well as gardening, health, general literature and business and economics books are abundant.  All travel books have been published between 2009 and 2013.  Of course, not to be missed is a terrific assortment of treasured collectibles and special art books, a huge and very complete collection of mystery stories, lots of children’s and general interest adult books.

The McLean Area AAUW is deeply grateful for the ongoing support of the SunTrust Bank East Vienna which has provided facilities to allow AAUW volunteers to spend thousands of hours receiving, sorting and temporarily storing the more than 1500 boxes of books, CDs and DVDs received this year and also thanks the McLean Community Center.

This year there is more need than ever for educational funds for deserving women and girls, so bring lots of cash to snap up incredible bargains for CDs, DVD collections,  for hardbacks, for paperbacks and for children’s books! You can easily find just the items you want because the many thousands of individual books and CDs and DVDs have been so well sorted and will be displayed in clearly labeled and logical categories.  A bonus for attendees will be the raffling of special baskets.  The McLean Area AAUW Used Book Sale will be at the McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Avenue on Friday September 20, 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday noon to 4 p.m. entire bags of books will be sold at huge discounts by the bag.

Funds raised last year from the 43rd Annual Used Book Sale, contributed both to local scholarships and also to national AAUW efforts.  Nationwide, the 165,000 member organization of AAUW awarded $4.3 million dollars in fellowships, grants, research projects, legal advocacy, and leadership training for women and girls.  The Community support and the thousands of hours of volunteer labor donated by the Branch members and the facilities donated by the Vienna Sun Trust Bank resulted in the McLean Area Branch of AAUW  being recognized nationally and State-wide for outstanding achievement in fund raising. 

Among the AAUW’s 1,000 branches and 800 colleges and universities partners, the McLean Area Branch of AAUW received five Fundraising Awards for 2012.

The AAUW McLean Area (VA) Branch achieved First Place in total branch giving to the AAUW Public Policy Fund, which is nationally recognized to be one of the top advocates for laws and policies that are fair to women.

The AAUW McLean Area (VA) Branch achieved Fourth Place in total branch giving to the AAUW Leadership Programs Fund which helps develop women’s potential to lead in their schools, communities, and country.

The AAUW McLean Area (VA) Branch achieved Fifth Place in total branch giving to the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund which serves as one of the top protectors of the legal rights of those facing discrimination.

The AAUW McLean Area (VA) Branch achieved Seventh Place in total branch giving in Combined Support to all of AAUW’s programmatic areas.

And to top it off, the AAUW McLean Area (VA) Branch was recognized as one of the ten top branches to contribute to the AAUW Eleanor Roosevelt Fund.  This Fund enables top researchers to provide understanding of issues that are important to women and girls.

The AAUW McLean Area Branch’s achievements were made possible by Community participation in the Annual Used Book Sale.  The 44th AAUW Annual Used Book Sale will be held at the McLean Community Center, Friday thru Sunday, September 20 – 22, 2013.  We look forward to seeing you, your family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors at this annual event at the MCC.