February Book Event!

Schedule

Sun Feb 12 2023 at 09:00 am to 05:00 pm

Location

3001 Vineyard Ln, Baltimore, MD 21218-3941, United States | Baltimore, MD

We will resume our series of book giveaways falling on the second full weekend of the month, pandemic and weather permitting. Our events always alternate between Saturday and Sunday, unless we have to rearrange for a holiday. We'll still make sure to have an equal number of Saturdays and Sundays.
PLEASE NOTE: Please remember that, until further notice, masks are still required at The Book Thing for all patrons, including kids. (If you have spare masks you want to donate to us, that would be amazing!)
9am-5pm: We will allow 80 patrons each hour into the building to select their own books, using a timed-entry format. As usual, all lines will form outdoors. The last entrance to the building is at 4pm.
Please don’t be deterred by our timed-entry format. It helps keep the line moving so that you get a chance to browse sooner, and it lets us serve more patrons. The line is always longest for the morning entrances.
Our system is first-come, first-served; there are no reservations – just come get in line!
Patrons will have 55 minutes to browse our stacks, select their books, and exit the building. The time limit will be strictly enforced. You may get back in line of course! If someone leaves before the hour is up, we will ask if anyone wants to utilize their remaining time in the building.
One parent may be accompanied by a maximum of three children, and every child must be accompanied by an adult. For everyone’s safety, please ensure your children are well-supervised – our kids’ section is always very busy and crowded!
The restroom will be available, but you will not be permitted to enter the building to use it except when it’s your turn to be inside browsing for books. Please plan accordingly.
Are you moving or know someone who is? We have lots and lots of spare boxes available to hold your books! A whole wall full! Please take them, we always have more.
We expect to be very busy and crowded. Out of courtesy to other patrons and to facilitate traffic flow, please leave your large boxes/wagons/etc. outside the exit door and fill them an armful (or box/bag-ful) at a time, rather than carting them around with you.

9am-2pm: The donation limit is 6 boxes per family. Boxes must be small enough that one person can lift them when full.
We welcome all book donations (except encyclopedia sets), especially popular fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, classics, non-diet cookbooks, English dictionaries, and Bibles. These shelves are especially popular and it's hard to keep the shelves full!
We accept all types of popular and hobby magazines, but we can’t accept sets of academic/technical/professional journals.
We accept all types of mixed media except audio cassette tapes.
Reminder: no home-made content, please.
If you need a donation receipt, please mention that right up front. We’ll need to count your books separately. Thanks in advance for your patience!
Finally, if you are interested in volunteering with us, please fill out the Contact form on our website's volunteer page. We are excited to be moving forward on small-group trainings for new volunteers.
More event details on bookthing.org
(If I goofed and there's a typo, please let us know! -M :) )

Where is it happening?

3001 Vineyard Ln, Baltimore, MD 21218-3941, United States

Event Location & Nearby Stays:

Host or Publisher The Book Thing of Baltimore

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