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4403 St Clair(St Clair/Superior)
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the project
We’ve been operating this nonprofit bookstore out of our houses for five years, and we’re finally moving into retail space! We offer great books at a great price, exciting events, and an affordable, accessible creative coworking space.
We need to move, sort, shelve and price about sixty thousand books, plus the shelving they live on, plus a whole bunch of miscellaneous Stuff and Supplies. We are asking for volunteer help, and also for money: although this project is extremely thrifty, we do need to put gas in our volunteers’ cars, buy occasional supplies, and pay for software and our small but mighty team’s labor.
We are hosting occasional staffed open shop days throughout the summer while we move in, and we hope to open fully for self-serve browsing, events and coworking by September 1.
the steps
1 ) Transport books and equipment to the Brownhoist: starting spring 2024.
2 ) Sort and shelve books; train volunteer shelvers: April 2024.
3 ) Set up checkout system and free book giveaways: by April 15, 2024.
4 ) Sneak peek of shop: April 27, Independent Bookstore Day.
5 ) Fully stock all shelves, recruit remaining volunteers, and set up regular hours: throughout summer 2024.
why we're doing it
We offer good books at a good price, plus a third-space gathering place for the community. The funds we raise support literary and literacy programs, improving our community’s access to opportunity and information. Our programs and events are offered with accessible pricing so everyone can attend.
We believe that when everyone does better, everyone does better, so we’re here to read books and end segregation.
We are one city and we will have one future, together: let’s make it a good one.
budget
Final budget
4/16/2024
TOTAL RAISED =
$6,122.00
ioby Fiscal Sponsorship Fee (8%)
N/A
ioby Donation Processing Fee (4%)
$124.88
TOTAL TO DISBURSE=
$5,997.12
Project Budget:
Moving
Packing Supplies $300.00
Truck Rental $200.00
Volunteer Rewards
Gas Cards for Volunteers $750.00
Shirts $250.00
Snacks $50.00
Advertising & Marketing
Online advertising $150.00
Promotional materials $300.00
Signage $100.00
Equipment
Cash drawer $200.00
Book cart $400.00
Tile tracking devices $100.00
Storage Facility Rental: $2,000.00
Contracted Services
Cleaning $1,000.00
Grand Opening Event
Food $100.00
Drinks $100.00
Total: $6,000.00
PROJECT FUNDING NEEDED $6,000.00
ioby Fiscal Sponsorship Fee N/A $0.00
ioby Donation Processing Fee 4% $122.45
TOTAL TO RAISE $6,122.45
Donation processing fees apply to donations only. 100% of match funding goes to projects. Please note, fees are estimated here and final numbers may change based on the final amount raised and amount of match funding applied to this campaign.
updates
Thank you so much!
Posted 04/15/2024 - 9:48am
Your friendly Booksellers are absolutely flabbergasted by the rapid success of our campaign. We're going to wrap up the fundraising tomorrow, and plan out the rest of our move.
We'll be open on Independent Bookstore Day, April 27, and we would love to see those of you who are local, to show you what you've built. This has been a community effort from the start, and we can't wait to invite our community into our new space.
Keep Reading,
Quinn
Thank you so much!
Posted 04/15/2024 - 9:48am
Your friendly Booksellers are absolutely flabbergasted by the rapid success of our campaign. We're going to wrap up the fundraising tomorrow, and plan out the rest of our move.
We'll be open on Independent Bookstore Day, April 27, and we would love to see those of you who are local, to show you what you've built. This has been a community effort from the start, and we can't wait to invite our community into our new space.
Keep Reading,
Quinn
Day 2
Posted 04/04/2024 - 8:21am
We planned for this fundraiser and this project to run the entire summer. Your friendly Booksellers are going to put their heads together to see what we can do with this unexpectedly fast result!
We're overwhelmed and so grateful for your support! Come celebrate with us at Story Club on Friday!
Halfway there!
Posted 04/03/2024 - 3:03pm
We have enough donors for the match, and we're halfway to our goal! Your friendly Booksellers are OVERWHELMED with this support!
photos
This is where photos will go once we build flickr integrationdonors
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Monica L.
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