Utah school selling old yearbooks to raise money

by Evan Blackwell on December 10, 2009
Posted in: News

Does your school have an archive of unsold yearbooks from past years just sitting around gathering dust? That seemed to be the case at Mountain Crest High School in Hyrum, Utah, so adviser Brent Jeppesen and the staff decided to make a little money off the old books.

The staff got the idea to sell the back copies of the yearbook, Cavalier, once they realized the school owned multiple copies from almost every year since Mountain Crest opened in 1983.

As Jeppesen explained to the local newspaper, every old book sold gives the yearbook program a chance to recoup money.

What kind of fund-raisers has your yearbook staff taken part in? Has your school ever sold past issues of the yearbook?


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shannon woods December 15, 2009 at 6:46 pm

How successful has this been? what did you price the old books at? how did students/ commnity respond?

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Leland M. March 9, 2010 at 2:46 am

Well…..don’t leave me hanging! I’m looking for a yearbook from 1987.

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Evan Blackwell March 9, 2010 at 8:42 am

Hi Leland -

The thing to do is email the school’s yearbook adviser and see if they have the 1987 yearbook. According to the linked article from the local newspaper, here’s the information. Hope that helps!

Mountain Crest yearbooks are available from all years except 1986-89, 1993, 1998-99.

Prices: 2009 book costs $25, with a yearbook DVD available for $5. The 2008 book costs $15, with a DVD for $1. All others cost $8.

To purchase, contact Brent Jeppesen at brent.jeppesen@ccsdut.org

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