Tattered Pages Holiday Shopping Extravaganza Returns for Sixth Year

Editor's note: Submitted by Northfield Middle School.

The Northfield Middle School’s student run bookstore, The Tattered Pages is now accepting donations for the upcoming Sixth Annual Holiday Shopping Extravaganza, which will kick off with an evening event from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, December 13, and will continue throughout the school days from December 14-21.

Needed donations include:

• gently used books for all ages (students will be selecting gifts for young and old alike)

• all types of multimedia, including VHS tapes, DVD’s, video games, CD’s etc (in their original packaging)

All books in The Tattered Pages are “purchased” by students using coupons rather than real currency, which students earn by donating books to the bookstore, by working in the bookstore, by doing jobs from the staff job jar, and by excelling in their classrooms. Items in the bookstore are inventoried, priced, and shelved by student workers, and range in value from one coupon to fifteen coupons apiece, depending on the condition and the popularity of the item. There are currently more than 4,000 new and used books available in The Tattered Pages Store.

The Sixth Annual Holiday Shopping Extravaganza will be a wonderful opportunity for students to purchase gifts for everyone on their holiday list, without spending a dime. As in the past, the evening will include free gift-wrapping, holiday treats, music, and movies.

Donations can be dropped off at the Middle School, or call the Media Center (663-0677) for pick up.

Additionally, we are looking for volunteers to help with gift-wrapping from 4-7 p.m. on December 13 and throughout the school day December 13-21.

Please contact Amy Sieve at the Middle School Media Center for more information.