LITERARY lovers will be able to browse through books and DVDs after their weekly shop as the Lioness Club of Millicent moves its book store to the Millicent IGA complex.
After three years at the Davenport Street site, which is owned by Lioness Elva Sinclair, the award-winning charity shop has relocated to the supermarket complex.
As well as opening during usual hours on Friday’s and Saturday mornings, the Lionesses are trialling opening on Sunday mornings.
Club president Yvonne Van Vlemen was hopeful sales would be bolstered by the store’s high visibility and increased foot traffic.
“A lot of people come and go out of IGA so I think we will see some more people coming in,” she said.
“We are in a really great spot and the store looks great.
“As we have been setting up we have been getting a bit of feedback about how good it looks.”
Ms Van Vlemen said the move took four days and was undertaken with the help of the Lions Club.
“We moved on a Monday and we were all set up by Thursday,” she said.
“The Lions did a great job in helping us move and load the books and the shelves and the girls have done a wonderful job in getting the shop organised.”
Ms Van Vlemen said the sudden move from the store’s former location was prompted by a new leasee.
She praised Ms Sinclair for allowing the service club to occupy the space free of charge for the last three years.
“If it was not for Elva, we probably would not have had a book store,” Ms Van Vlemen said.
“She did it out of the kindness of her heart and we are all thankful for it.”
The popular second-hand book store opened in September 2015 following the service club’s pop-up shop success.
The shop is staffed by Lioness members and replenished with donated books, with all profits reinvested into the community through Lioness projects.
“We have been lucky with the people of Millicent giving us books,” she said.
“Without their donations we would not be able to do this.”
The bookshop is open every Friday from 10am to 4pm and Saturday from 10am to noon.
It will also be open on a trial basis on Sunday’s from 10am to noon.
