Help out at a pop-up book sale in Eastern Market

Carpe Librum will be popping up in Eastern Market for fundraising book sale on this summer! We will need volunteers to help us set-up the book sale (shelving books, etc.) and for helping to box up the books at the end of the sale. This is a great opportunity to spend an hour or two supporting positive educational outcomes for DC public school students. Our set-up location is directly off of the Eastern Market station escalators--address will bring you to the library directly next to the side of the park to find us.

Can you lend a hand?

The set-up shift is from 8:15am-9am, helping to set up books on shelves and tables.

The pack-up shift is from 4pm-5:15pm, helping to pack up books. Please select your preferred shift(s) in your application.

If interested, sign up via VolunteerMatch and we will reach out with more details. Contact Isabella at imuehlinghaus@turningthepage.org with any questions. 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 September 21, 2025 - 08:30 to 09:30 EST
• Sunday September 21, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:15 EST
• Sunday September 28, 2025 - 08:30 to 09:30 EST
• Sunday September 28, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:15 EST
• Sunday October 26, 2025 - 08:30 to 09:30 EST
• Sunday October 26, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:15 EST
• Sunday November 16, 2025 - 08:30 to 09:30 EST
• Sunday November 16, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:15 EST
• Sunday November 23, 2025 - 08:30 to 09:30 EST
• Sunday November 23, 2025 - 16:00 to 17:15 EST