Downtown Community Ministry

Bulletin

23 May 2007

Bookfair Collections Begin

The folk at Downtown Community Ministry need your Books and DVD's for Wellington's annual Bookfair.

Next week, book collections start in Wellington central and surrounding suburbs.

"It's simple really, box up your books and give us a call," says Bookfair Coordinator David Cross.

Book donors can also take their books or DVDs down to Churches, community centres and Citizen Advice Bureaux around the city and drop them into the specially marked wheeli bins.

A list of these locations is available on DCM's website at www.dcm.org.nz

Mr Cross says, "Many businesses run book collections for the Bookfair and contact us when to pick them up".

"Wellingtonians are really supportive of the Bookfair. Year after year people save up their books and we come and take them away."

While a new focus of this year's Bookfair is collecting DVDs DCM will also happily accept CDs, videos and vinyl records.

The Bookfair raises important funds for DCM's work with Wellington's most vulnerable people. DCM is a support and advocate primarily for those with backgrounds of homelessness. It carries out projects to address the underlying causes of poverty, indebtedness and social exclusion.

The Bookfair will take place at the TSB Bank Arena on the 1st and 2nd of September. Please phone DCM on 384 7699 for collection details.

ENDS