Volunteer at the Upcoming Roundabout Book Fair

With so many things put on hold this year, we’re so excited to hear that Roundabout is finally back to hosting events again! With school starting back up again, it’s a good time to load up on books for the kids and for yourself. Heck, who are we kidding? It’s always good to load up on some new reading material for the home. While tablets, phones, and Kindles make e-reading convenient, it still doesn’t compare to holding an actual book in your hand.

On Sep 5-6 from 10am – 3pm browse through thousands of donated books in multiple languages for sale at Roundabout. Prices start from as little as RMB 1 and all proceeds will go to benefit children in need.

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Kids books start from RMB 1
Paperback books start from RMB 10
Hardback books start from RMB 20

If you’ve got books at home you want to donate, bring them along with you to drop off at Roundabout.

For those unfamiliar with Roundabout, it’s essentially Beijing’s Salvation Army. They collect clothing, shoes, toys, books, furniture, appliances, and more from families all over the city and house them in their giant warehouse. The entire program is run on a volunteer basis so the money you spend shopping at Roundabout gets donated to charities who provide aid to a wide range of people, including the elderly, children in orphanages and from poor families, mentally or physically challenged people and women from disadvantaged backgrounds all over China. So when you’re shopping, you’re actually doing charity work. Sounds like a win, win to us!

Roundabout is always looking for volunteers to help make these kinds of community events possible, so if you’ve got time to help sort books, set up, help out on the days of the book fair, or take everything down when it ends, contact them and let them through WeChat (185 1044 9951 or scan the QR code below) and let them know you’d like to help out.

Roundabout Cathay View Plaza
No. 2 Xiangjiang Bei Lu, Chaoyang District
Ph: 6436 8506

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Photos: Unsplash, roundabout 

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