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Rotary Tauranga annual Book and Art Sale

Jill from Matua

Books for a good cause (and a good read).

Rotary Tauranga Book and Art Sale is on Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 March 2025 at the Seeka Cool Store, Harvard Way, Tauranga from 9am to 5.30pm both days. Look forward to seeing you there.

Donations of pre-loved books, jigsaws, magazines, records, sheet music, DVD's, CD's, also oil heaters and curtains can be dropped until Sunday 23 February 2025 at the following sites:

Farmlands Tauriko; Farmlands Te Puna; Super Liquor Welcome Bay; Wet & Forget Chapel St; Z Energy 11th Ave; Bunnings Warehouse, Hewletts Rd; Ross, 20 Ririnui Pl, Maungatapu; Phillips Garage Fraser St; Caltex Greerton; BP Delta Cherrywood; Mobil Brookfield; Caltex Girven Rd, Bayfair; Papamoa Community Centre Gravat Rd; Caltex Main Rd Katikati; Challenge Service Stn Omokoroa; The Coffee Club Omokoroa

To discuss pick up contact Ann 07 5435350 / 027 5435350 or Ross 07 5440817 / 0214446021

For art donations, please contact Margaret 027 4979308 or Joan 021 670044 for pick up.

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