Help out at a pop-up book sale in Georgetown

Carpe Librum will be popping up in Georgetown for fundraising book sales through 2025: Sundays, March 2, April 6 and 28, May 4, June 1, July 6, August 3, September 7, October 5, 18, 19 November 2 and December 7! (With special Saturdays on April 26 and October 18). We will need volunteers to help us set up in the morning and box up in the afternoon This is a great opportunity to spend an hour or two supporting literacy and positive educational outcomes in the DC public school students.

Can you lend a hand?

The first shift is from 8:45am-9:30am, helping to set up the tables and shelve books according to category.

The 2nd shift is from 4pm-5:15pm, helping to pack up books.

If interested, sign up via VolunteerMatch and we will reach out with more details. If you’re interested in helping out at one of our other pop-up book sales around the city, you can view our sale calendar here: https://turningthepage.org/events/. Thank you!

(By the way, we’re not just any bookstore: we’re a fundraising bookstore! Carpe Librum collects donated books, CDs, and DVDs to support the DC nonprofit Turning the Page.)

10 shifts available:

• Sunday October 05, 2025 - 08:45 to 10:00 EST
• Sunday October 05, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:00 EST
• Saturday October 18, 2025 - 08:45 to 10:00 EST
• Saturday October 18, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:00 EST
• Sunday October 19, 2025 - 08:45 to 10:00 EST
• Sunday October 19, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:00 EST
• Sunday November 09, 2025 - 08:45 to 10:00 EST
• Sunday November 09, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:00 EST
• Sunday December 07, 2025 - 08:45 to 10:00 EST
• Sunday December 07, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:00 EST