All Booked for Enjoyable at Santa Barbara’s Annual Deliberate Parenthood Books Sale

It’s exhausting to think about a greater pairing than a great e book and a great trigger. 

Guide the date and make some room in your cabinets, as a result of it’s nearly time for each bibliophile’s favourite time of the 12 months in Santa Barbara. That’s proper, Deliberate Parenthood’s ginormous, entertaining, and at all times fabulously enjoyable annual e book sale can be again September 14-24 on the big exhibit corridor at Earl Warren Showgrounds. Coming off of document gross sales proceeds and what the 2022 organizers referred to as “one of the best sale ever,” this 12 months, the forty ninth annual version of the occasion, is bound to be a winner as effectively. 

The official identify is the Mary Jane McCord Deliberate Parenthood Annual Guide Sale for what started again in 1974 as a completely volunteer effort — which it stays — and is now named for the late Mary Jane McCord. A longtime substitute trainer at Laguna Blanca who handed away in 2012, McCord faithfully volunteered for greater than 30 years and was thought of to be the center and soul of the sale. 

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Not solely is that this a good way to inventory your cabinets and defer books from landfill, however the entire funds raised go to Deliberate Parenthood California Central Coast and the six well being facilities in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties. The cash helps Deliberate Parenthood fulfill their crucial and now extra essential than ever mission of offering households in our group with a variety of instructional and healthcare providers, together with wellness exams, most cancers screenings, and reproductive care.

Look forward to finding greater than 100,000 objects on the market, together with greater than 50 totally different classes of books — from banned books to massive print, thriller, romance, sci-fi, fantasy, westerns, true crime, erotica, biography, historical past, artwork, poetry, cookbooks, how-tos and a lot extra — together with puzzles, video games, music, and flicks in numerous kinds. The listing really is daunting. A sneak peek consists of titles reminiscent of Metaphors Be with You; Intercourse, Medicine, and Cocoa Puffs; Why My Cat Is Extra Spectacular Than Your Child; and Snack to Your Coronary heart’s Content material

The easiest way to get first crack (no pun supposed) on all these books is to attend the opening night time festivities on Thursday, September 14, from 4-8 p.m. Admission is $30, and all different dates (September 15-24) are free. 

For extra details about the entire shebang, together with sale hours, which fluctuate relying on the day, go to booksale.ppcentralcoast.org.