Homeschoolers Discover Once More Bookstore

Homeschoolers Discover Once More Bookstore

Recently Cindy Phillips, Vice President of Folsoi, invited three homeschooled kids and their mom to the FOLSOI bookstore. 6th grader Vivian Henry wrote a wonderful review of the bookstore for the Homeschool United Newsletter, a monthly newsletter by kids for kids that...
All That and a Bag of Books

All That and a Bag of Books

It just may be Southport’s best kept secret. At the end of the long hallway through Southport Realty’s main entrance at 727 North Howe Street is a collection of donated used books, CDs, DVDs, puzzles and vinyl’s that are for sale. Most items cost one dollar or less...
Celebrate ‘Paperback Book Day’ July 30

Celebrate ‘Paperback Book Day’ July 30

There’s just something about a book.  The sensory experience of feeling thin sheets of paper as you turn the pages, the smell of pulp and cardboard, the sight of books stacked in colorful piles on your nightstand or neatly arranged on shelves in the library. ...
FOLSOI Spinning ‘Record Sales’

FOLSOI Spinning ‘Record Sales’

Jane Austen said, “Without music, life would be a blank to me.” Leo Tolstoy said, “Music is the shorthand of emotion.” Corinne Bailey Ray sang. “Girl, put your records on. Tell me your favorite song. You go ahead, let your hair down.” They’re definitely on the right...
June Bug: Turning the Page on a Life of Books

June Bug: Turning the Page on a Life of Books

If you have ever set foot in Southport Realty’s 727 N. Howe Street office in Southport, chances are that you met their “office cat,” June Bug. He was a fixture, well known to our FOLSOI book sale volunteers sorting and pricing books for our pre-COVID book sales. Cats...
Season’s Readings!

Season’s Readings!

Readers shopping for some good books to give for the holidays—or keep to themselves—packed into Southport Realty on Saturday, Dec. 14 for FOLSOI’s biggest sale of the year. And what a sale it was—scores of happy shoppers and nearly $1,200 in donations to bring the...