The Great Hunger Book Sale

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2023 Great Hunger Book Sale!

There are still some donations being counted but the sales total we have right now is $28,720. For those of you who like to compare year to year, that is about $1000 off from our all-time high last year but more than any other year to date.

Over 60 people helped with some aspect of the sale. The regular crew of sorters and pricers was over 20 every week, making the day-to-day work so much more efficient. Set up went well smoothly too, helping to keep the last days before Opening Night much less hectic. The number of leftover books was staggering since we were all commenting on how the floor cleared during the sale. Two Salvation Army trucks came and took away about 250 boxes.

Give us time to gather our expenses for the final accounting before we can decide on our recipients. Watch for the updates and save the date and your books for next year’s sale, August 1st through 6th, 2024!

God bless you all,

Suzanne, Mary, Kathy, and Jean

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 2022 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)