2012 Book Drive
How does the book drive work?
The Boston College Bookstore, EcoPledge and BC Reads! are working together to run a book drive from December 13 to December 20. By collecting textbooks and shipping them to Better World Books for resale, we will be raising money for the Thirst Project and the Lyndon K-8 school in West Roxbury.
The Thirst Project will receive 10% of the sales from the textbooks that Better World Books is able to list online for resale, and BC Reads! will receive $1.00 for each book they are able to accept and list online for resale. These funds will be used to purchase library books for the Lyndon K-8 school in West Roxbury. A list of books is available below.
Not only will donating textbooks allow us to support our local community and the Thirst Project’s efforts to bring clean water to communities all over the world, but it will also keep used books out of landfills. Textbooks that cannot be listed for resale but are in good condition and are deemed appropriate will be donated to Books for Africa. The rest of the donated books will be recycled.
How can you get involved?
1. Donate your used textbooks.
If the bookstore cannot accept your textbook, please consider donating them to our book drive!
2. Donate 30 minutes of your time.
We need help checking the collection bins and packing books for shipping. We will be doing this at 12, 3, and 6:30 every day from December 13th to the 20th at the three different locations on campus. If you would be interested in contributing to this effort or would like to receive more information, please send us an email at [email protected].
The Boston College Bookstore, EcoPledge and BC Reads! are working together to run a book drive from December 13 to December 20. By collecting textbooks and shipping them to Better World Books for resale, we will be raising money for the Thirst Project and the Lyndon K-8 school in West Roxbury.
The Thirst Project will receive 10% of the sales from the textbooks that Better World Books is able to list online for resale, and BC Reads! will receive $1.00 for each book they are able to accept and list online for resale. These funds will be used to purchase library books for the Lyndon K-8 school in West Roxbury. A list of books is available below.
Not only will donating textbooks allow us to support our local community and the Thirst Project’s efforts to bring clean water to communities all over the world, but it will also keep used books out of landfills. Textbooks that cannot be listed for resale but are in good condition and are deemed appropriate will be donated to Books for Africa. The rest of the donated books will be recycled.
How can you get involved?
1. Donate your used textbooks.
If the bookstore cannot accept your textbook, please consider donating them to our book drive!
2. Donate 30 minutes of your time.
We need help checking the collection bins and packing books for shipping. We will be doing this at 12, 3, and 6:30 every day from December 13th to the 20th at the three different locations on campus. If you would be interested in contributing to this effort or would like to receive more information, please send us an email at [email protected].
The Lyndon K-8 School
Want to help promote literacy in the Greater Boston area? Donate your used books! If you've read a book once and know you won't pick it up again, give it to someone that would love to have the opportunity to read.
The Lyndon K-8 school in West Roxbury has a great need for books for their students! To view a list of specific books that they are lacking, open the Excel document below:
The Lyndon K-8 school in West Roxbury has a great need for books for their students! To view a list of specific books that they are lacking, open the Excel document below:
| LyndonBookList2012.xlsx |
If you have any of these books laying around your house or dorm room or would like to purchase and donate one of these books, email us at [email protected].
