Saskatoon Symphony Book & Music Sale - Donations

Page Contents

• How to Donate
• What to Donate
• What Not to Donate
• Drop-off Locations

How to Donate

Go easy on our backs!

The Book & Music Sale relies on your donations for our stock. Please note:

• Your donations of books and music are gratefully accepted year-round by our volunteers.
• PLEASE ensure that your donations are packed in bags or boxes that are easy for one person to lift. Thanks!
• Please ensure that your bags or boxes are strong enough to survive lifting and transport intact. Tape the bottoms of boxes rather than folding them shut.
• For donations of less than 10 boxes or bags, please phone one of the drop-off locations below to ensure they have enough room to store the donations.
• For donations of 10 or more boxes or bags, or if you need help packing or transporting the donations, please contact us.
• Cash donations or sponsorships can be arranged directly with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra.

What to Donate

Donations needed!

The following donations are gratefully accepted:

• Books: hardcovers, softcovers, fiction, non-fiction
• Sheet music and song books
• Magazines: Specialty magazines such as crafts, hobbies, cooking, interior design, do-it-yourself, photography, Scientific American, etc. Older magazines that have some collectible value, such as Life, Look, Collier's, Saturday Evening Post, Mad, Byte, etc. Any magazines over 50 years old if they are in good shape.
• Encyclopedias: Only specialty subjects (e.g. aerospace, do-it-yourself) or older general knowledge sets, published before 1950. Only complete sets with no volumes missing. If you think your older set may be valuable even with one or more volumes missing, please feel free to donate the item and we can make that determination.
• Records: LPs, 45s, 78s, spoken word, sets
• Audio: CDs, audio books, prerecorded cassette tapes and 8-track tapes ("prerecorded" refers to professionally recorded and commercially packaged tapes, not home recordings)
• Video: DVDs, prerecorded VHS and Beta cassette tapes

What Not to Donate

Please recycle what you can't donate

Please do not donate the following items:

• Materials that have been damaged by water, fire, smoke, dirt, insects, pets, or materials that have been irreparably damaged in any way.
• Mouldy materials. (If it smells bad, don't donate it!)
• Books with front cover, back cover or spine cover missing. The exceptions are books that contain collectible items such as artwork, plates (attached illustrations or photographs), fold-out maps and illustrations, etc. If you are uncertain as to the worth of a book damaged in this way, please feel free to donate the item and we can make that determination.
• General knowledge encyclopedias published after 1950.
• General knowledge encyclopedias that are missing one or more volumes.
• Magazines that have no collectible value, or have general content, or content that dates quickly; i.e., most magazines. Examples of magazines that have little resale value are Time, Newsweek, Macleans, Reader's Digest, People, Us and other entertainment & gossip magazines, Discover, National Geographic, Canadian Geographic, most nature magazines, Astronomy, InStyle, and parenting, men's & women's magazines such as Chatelaine. Examples of magazines that date quickly are all news & business magazines, most car magazines, Consumer Reports, Sports Illustrated and other sports & fitness magazines, Popular Science (unless very old), etc. We of course do not accept any pornographic or adults-only material. If you think your items may have collectible value, please feel free to donate them and we can determine whether they will sell.

Drop-off Locations