Big sales at book fair turn into dollars for Union Ridge Elementary

Ridgefield — Union Ridge Elementary School’s Scholastic Book Fair has been one of the bigger ones in the Pacific Northwest, and that trend continued this school year, when sales reached $13,000 in one week. The Scholastic Dollars program gives schools credits based on how much the school sells, and those credits can be used to purchase books for libraries, classrooms and other school use. For Union Ridge, that translates into thousands of dollars in books at no cost to the school. This year, the school earned $6,000 in Scholastic Dollars, which was partially spent on $3,000 in classroom books, $2,000 in library books and $500 in books for underprivileged students. Parent Teacher Organization volunteer Amber Hughes takes a week off from work each year to plan and manage the book fair, handling the ordering, setup and parent volunteer list.