The NUJ jumble sale on March 1 recently netted a four-digit sum for Union coffers* – a success considering that this (recession) year, we didn’t have any appliances to auction off, as in previous years.The Jumble Sale wouldn’t have even taken place had it not been for the selflessness of committee members/members such as:
Yap Chee Hong , Noorsila Abd Majid, Evelyn Teo and Nitha Subramaniam – who sacrificed their weekend to do the grunt work of physically moving the items from various floors/locations and arranging them
Adeline – who took time off work to help set up and then went home that night to bake muffins for sale, served as cashier during the sale and did grunt work of packing and moving unsold items into storage
Lisa – who put in a whole day helping out during and after the sale despite being sick and under medication (and contributing further with her purchases at the sale)
Eng Hock – who packed and moved all the unsold items into storage after helping out at the sale
Elizabeth Tai – who set up the groundwork, coordinated and stored away a humungous amount of donated items
Ng Su Ann & Carolyn Chew - who gathered stuff from Penang and Chris Wei for carting it all down to Menara Star
The committee thanks everyone who patronized the jumble sale and also those who donated generously in cash and in kind.
A mini sale of the remaining books and DVDs will be held on Friday March 12 for those who missed the jumble sale. Details follow:
Where: Level 8 (side of the library archives, NOT StarIC side)
When: March 12 (Friday) 10am-12pm
* The funds will enable the committee to continue championing members’ interests and also goes towards a communal fund to help meet individual needs – such bereavements or members experiencing hardship
