We want to thank Shannon Wilson at Better World Books, who sent us a gift certificate. We used it to order three books, Jamela's Dress, Ellington was Not a Street, and Uncle Jed's Barbershop. This is information about Better World Books. Their prices are really good and also help literacy efforts around the world. We put the whole message because we thought people would want to know about things going on around the world and not just in Charleston.
Our Triple Bottom Line: About Better World Books, Literacy, and the Environment
Better World Books is proud of the impact we are having and our ability to provide funds and books to some of the most important literacy initiatives in the world today. Since our founding in 2003 we have: raised over $6.5 million for Literacy, including $3.6 million for over 80 literacy and education nonprofits, 2.9 million for libraries and thrift stores nationwide, contributed more than $1.4 million to college service clubs who have run book drives, directly sent more than 1.3 million books to Books for Africa, the National Center for Family Literacy, and Feed the Children, diverted 25 million pounds of books from landfills by conducting book drives on 1,800 college campuses, and by collecting discards from over 1,800 libraries nationwide. Our primary partners are:
Books For Africa is a simple name for an organization with a simple mission. BFA collects, sorts, ships and distributes books to children in Africa. The goal: to end the book famine in Africa. Since 1988, Books For Africa has shipped more than 20 million books. These books are now on once empty library shelves, in the classrooms of rural schools, and in the hands of children who have never held a book before.
Invisible Children improves the quality of life for war-affected children by providing access to quality education, enhanced learning environments and innovative economic opportunities for the community. Through education and innovative economic opportunities, they partner with affected communities and strive to improve the quality of life for individuals living in conflict and post conflict regions.
The National Center for Family Literacy's mission is to create a literate nation by leveraging the power of the family. Through groundbreaking initiatives, the NCFL fuels life improvement for the nation’s most disadvantaged children and parents. More than one million families throughout the country have made positive educational and economic gains as a result of the NCFL’s work, which includes training more than 150,000 teachers and thousands of other volunteers.
Room to Read has developed a holistic, multi-pronged approach to help children in the developing world gain the lifelong gift of education. This approach includes building schools, establishing bilingual libraries, publishing local language books, establishing computer labs, and funding long-term girls’ scholarships. Since its inception in 2000, Room to Read has impacted the lives of over 1.7 million children.
Worldfund's unique mission is to support high-quality and results-driven education in Latin America—the key to transforming lives and reducing poverty. Through their investment in schools, gifted student programs and superior teacher training, they have directly impacted 32,000 impoverished students in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru and Venezuela.
The planet! Better World Books has diverted more than 25 million pounds of books from landfill and put them online where people like you can buy them. When you buy used, you not only save money, but also save books from landfill and conserve resources. Plus every time you order from Better World Books, you have the option to ship your books carbon-neutral, which pays for carbon offsets from CarbonFund.org.
Our Triple Bottom Line: About Better World Books, Literacy, and the Environment
Better World Books is proud of the impact we are having and our ability to provide funds and books to some of the most important literacy initiatives in the world today. Since our founding in 2003 we have: raised over $6.5 million for Literacy, including $3.6 million for over 80 literacy and education nonprofits, 2.9 million for libraries and thrift stores nationwide, contributed more than $1.4 million to college service clubs who have run book drives, directly sent more than 1.3 million books to Books for Africa, the National Center for Family Literacy, and Feed the Children, diverted 25 million pounds of books from landfills by conducting book drives on 1,800 college campuses, and by collecting discards from over 1,800 libraries nationwide. Our primary partners are:
Books For Africa is a simple name for an organization with a simple mission. BFA collects, sorts, ships and distributes books to children in Africa. The goal: to end the book famine in Africa. Since 1988, Books For Africa has shipped more than 20 million books. These books are now on once empty library shelves, in the classrooms of rural schools, and in the hands of children who have never held a book before.
Invisible Children improves the quality of life for war-affected children by providing access to quality education, enhanced learning environments and innovative economic opportunities for the community. Through education and innovative economic opportunities, they partner with affected communities and strive to improve the quality of life for individuals living in conflict and post conflict regions.
The National Center for Family Literacy's mission is to create a literate nation by leveraging the power of the family. Through groundbreaking initiatives, the NCFL fuels life improvement for the nation’s most disadvantaged children and parents. More than one million families throughout the country have made positive educational and economic gains as a result of the NCFL’s work, which includes training more than 150,000 teachers and thousands of other volunteers.
Room to Read has developed a holistic, multi-pronged approach to help children in the developing world gain the lifelong gift of education. This approach includes building schools, establishing bilingual libraries, publishing local language books, establishing computer labs, and funding long-term girls’ scholarships. Since its inception in 2000, Room to Read has impacted the lives of over 1.7 million children.
Worldfund's unique mission is to support high-quality and results-driven education in Latin America—the key to transforming lives and reducing poverty. Through their investment in schools, gifted student programs and superior teacher training, they have directly impacted 32,000 impoverished students in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru and Venezuela.
The planet! Better World Books has diverted more than 25 million pounds of books from landfill and put them online where people like you can buy them. When you buy used, you not only save money, but also save books from landfill and conserve resources. Plus every time you order from Better World Books, you have the option to ship your books carbon-neutral, which pays for carbon offsets from CarbonFund.org.
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