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REAL
WORLD
Stories & Ideas
RECRUITMENT
Booktalk Team:
The Booktalk Team promotes new
books on the Fair by reading them, then sharing highlights
from the books in fun ways during classroom visits or
commercials over the school’s audio/visual system. They
also help student and parent shoppers find books at the
Fair that satisfy personal interests.
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Customer
Service
Team:
Customer Service
Team members
help Book Fair
shoppers locate
books, as well as
answer questions
about Book Fair programs, titles, and product pricing.
They also help bag purchases, keep books orderly, serve
refreshments, or provide customers or volunteers with
assistance.
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Volunteer Roles
Online Coordinator:
This tech-savvy volunteer uses his/her knowledge
of social media and online applications to promote and support the Book
Fair. He/she assists in setting up the school’s Book Fair homepage.
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Book Fair
Support Team:
Members of the Book Fair Support Team help in a
variety of ways. Some help set up and prepare the Book Fair for opening
day. Others maximize special skills, like baking, to support special activities
and events by providing refreshments and food during Book Fair week.
Team members also help to re-pack the Fair when it is over. It’s perfect for
the FBI (Fathers Being Involved)!
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Junior Crew Stands Out From
the Rest
Imagine School at Broward
Coral Springs, FL
Instead of T-shirts, the Junior Crew
at Imagine School at Broward wore
custom-made gold medals to identify
themselves as volunteers.
Small School Boasts Huge
Junior Crew
St. Pius X School
El Paso, TX
For a small school, St. Pius X School
sure had a big Junior Crew! The
122-member Junior Crew managed
every single aspect of the Fair, from
helping with checkout, dressing as
Clifford, making decorations, and
presenting booktalks.
Handmade Art Transforms Fair
Switlik Elementary School
Jackson, NJ
Fifth graders made up the Junior Crew
at Switlik Elementary, where they
helped separate and staple flyers to
advertise the Book Fair, and also made
posters and paper plate crab decora-
tions, transforming the space into an
underwater aquarium.