Want to celebrate the holiday season with Rubies? Want to contribute to making the Ruby more sustainable? Looking for your next favorite book? This is the event for you!
Join us for a special literary edition of White Elephant. It's a gift- swapping game where everyone brings an anonymous, wrapped book and leaves with something new for their library! Bring a gift-wrapped new/like-new book ($30 or less) and a snack to share!
We'll also be serving a simple brunch with veggie/vegan friendly options.
If you've never attended a White Elephant before, here's a rundown: of how it works https://www.whiteelephantrules.com/
Here's what to do ahead of the event:
Find a new or like-new book you love that is $30 or less.
Grab a sheet of paper and write/type a little blurb about why you love this book/what it means to you. Anecdotes welcome! Think: staff pick at a bookstore blurb
Put the blurb inside the book
Wrap or bag your book, but don't put a tag or anything identifying on it (the more mysterious the better!)
Come to the Ruby and be prepared to leave with a new book to take home!
In addition to the White Elephant, we’ll be using this as an opportunity to raise funds and helping hands for the Ruby. There are so many ways you can help the Ruby to continue doing what it’s doing sustainably. If you can support the Ruby with time or $, we’ll have a bunch of ‘gifts’ that you can claim from the gift pile. For example, if you pick the ‘wine fund’ gift, you would help support the Ruby by donating or purchasing bottles of wine for Ruby events.
If you're confused but interested, come anyway! We'll review the rules again in-person as many times as needed. Feel free to bring unwrapped used/new books if you want to share even more literary love!