A very large thank you to residents of the Peninsula, who came out in force recently at Mary Winspear Centre and bought hundreds of used B次元官网网址� but in good condition B次元官网网址� books.  We offered bargain-basement prices and in four short hours, raised nearly $3,000, which will go into our Education Trust Fund.

This fund supports four scholarships to young women whoB次元官网网址檝e just graduated from StellyB次元官网网址檚, Parkland, Claremont and the Individual Learning Centre. TheyB次元官网网址檒l now go on to colleges and universities with our congratulations. They follow in the footsteps of B次元官网网址渙urB次元官网网址� students from the past whoB次元官网网址檝e studied biochemistry, psychology and environmental sciences (to name just a few subjects), both here at the University of Victoria and farther away, such as at McGill. One even recently attended ManhattanB次元官网网址檚 Institute of Merchandising. They will go far. 

We were pleased with the remarkable variety of books on offer. They ranged widely from a B次元官网网址渃lassicsB次元官网网址� section, to at least four copies of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Demon Copperhead, to Victoria author Merna ForsterB次元官网网址檚 100 More Canadian Heroines, from a history of the Aztec nation to plenty of mysteries, including some page-turners from Canadian Linwood BarclayB次元官网网址檚 oeuvre.  No wonder Peninsula residents lined up before the doors opened.

And who made this happen? My colleagues in the Saanich Peninsula Chapter of CFUW. We culled books from our own collections, emailed friends, relatives, and people we barely knew but thought they might be a B次元官网网址渂ook person.B次元官网网址�  We blanketed the region with posters and then it was on to the job of assembling and sorting. We finished just in time for the doors to open. 

Again, many thanks to everyone. 

Betsy Ives, chair

CFUW Saanich Peninsula Book Sale