Got Books News
100 Organizations Across New England Running Book Drives in January & February
Got Books Inc. the leading used book collection and reuse company in New England announced that 100 of its non-profit partners are running book collection drives in January and February. Across New England from Ogunquit ME to Woonsocket RI, and Brockton MA to Nashua NH these organizations will be raising money for their programs by having their community donate their unwanted books, DVDs, CDs and records. >More
Got Books Donates 1,000 Books to Healy School
Got Books Inc. the leading used book collection and reuse company in New England announced that the Arthur D. Healy school in Somerville is the latest recipient of a “Great Book Giveaway” and has received a gift of 1000 books. The books will stock the teacher’s libraries, the school library and each of the over 500 children at the school will receive a book to take home at the end of the school year. The gift to the school, which exceeds $5,000 in value is the latest donation from Got Books, Inc. to schools in the greater Boston area. Similar gifts have been made this year to schools in Everett, Boston, Mattapan, Lawrence, Malden and Salem MA. >More
Got Books Donates 750 Books to Tilton School
Got Books, Inc headquartered in Wilmington MA, in partnership with sister company Used Book Superstore, the largest used bookstores in New England has announced that the Tilton School in Haverhill MA is the latest recipient of a “Great Book Giveaway” and will receive a gift of 750 books. The books are being donated as part of the Haverhill YMCA’s Educator of the Year award for 2011. The YMCA selected Kerri Alves of the Tilton School as the 2011 Educator of the Year. Each of the more than 600 students at the school will receive a book to keep for themselves. The balance of the books will become part of the school’s library. >More
Got Books Donates a Smart Car Full of Books to Riverfield School
Got Books, Inc headquartered in Wilmington MA, the leading used book collection and reuse company in New England announced that the Riverfield Elementary School is the latest recipient of a “Smart Car Full of Books”, (see attached photo). The Got Books Smart Car is filled with books and brought to schools as a boost for their school-wide or classroom libraries. The car holds nearly 400 books and for Riverfield the books will augment the school’s library. >More
Got Books Donates 750 Books to Highland Goffe’s Falls School
Got Books, Inc. the leading used book collection and reuse company in New England has announced that in conjunction with its sister company Used Book Superstore in Nashua NH, the Highland Goffe’s Falls School in Manchester NH is the latest recipient of a “Got Books Great Book Giveaway” and has received a gift of 750 books to be used to enrich the classroom libraries at the school. The value of the gift to the school exceeds $5,000. >More
Got Books Donates $13,000.00 in Books to Peabody Schools
Used Book Superstore, Inc. the largest used book store in New England has announced that in conjunction with its sister company Got Books, Inc, every employee of the Peabody MA school district (928) will receive a $15 credit for books at the Danvers MA Used Book Superstore location. The gift to the school system, which exceeds $10,000 in value from the Used Book Superstore is the latest school-system wide donation from the Used Book Superstore. Similar gifts have been made this year to the Reading, Burlington, Billerica and Danvers MA school systems as well as the Salem NH school system. >More
Books for Troops Partners with Saugus Military Families
Used Book Superstore, Inc. the largest used book store chain in New England with a store at the Square One Mall in Saugus, has announced that in conjunction with its sister company Got Books, Inc,. it is partnering with the non-profit Saugus Military Families of Saugus MA to send books to deployed military troops. The partnership is part of an ongoing philanthropic program, “Books for Troops” run by Got Books, Inc. of Wilmington, MA. >More
Got Books Donates $4,485.00 in Books to North Reading Schools
Used Book Superstore, Inc. the largest used book store in New England has announced that in conjunction with its sister company Got Books, Inc, every employee of the North Reading MA school district (299) will receive a $15 credit for books at the Burlington MA Used Book Superstore location. The gift to the school system, which exceeds $4,400 in value from the Used Book Superstore is the latest school-system wide donation from the Used Book Superstore. >More
Got Books Donates 750 Books to Arlington Elementary in Lawrence
Got Books, Inc. the leading used book collection and reuse company in New England has announced that in conjunction with its sister company Used Book Superstore in Salem NH, the Arlington Elementary School in Lawrence MA is the latest recipient of a “Got Books Great Book Giveaway” and will receive a gift of 750 books to be used to stock 38 classroom libraries at the school. The value of the gift to the school exceeds $5,000. >More
Got Books Generate $1.13 Million for Nonprofits
Got Books, Inc. the leading used book collection and reuse company in NE has announced that as of the end of March 2011, it has paid $1.13 Million to its non-profit partners who host the Got Books, Inc. book collection containers. Over 400 book collection containers are located at schools, town halls, retail parking lots and a variety of other public locations in MA, NH, CT, RI and ME. The book collection containers are placed as fundraising programs for local non-profit organizations. >More
Got Books Donates 500 Books to Horace Mann School in Salem
Got Books, Inc. the leading used book collection and reuse company in New England, has announced that, in conjunction with its sister company Used Book Superstore, the Horace Mann Lab School will become the latest recipient of a “Got Books Great Book Giveaway” and will receive a gift of 500 books for distribution to both the school library and to the children for FREE. The value of the gift to the school exceeds $4,000 from Got Books/Used Book Superstore, Inc. >More
Got Books Donates 1,300 Books to Ferryway Elementary School in Malden
Got Books, Inc. the leading used book collection and reuse company in New England, has announced that, in conjunction with its sister company Used Book Superstore, the Ferryway School will become the latest recipient of a “Got Books Great Book Giveaway” and will receive a gift of 1,300 books for distribution to both the school library and to the children for FREE. The value of the gift to the school exceeds $5,000 from Got Books/Used Book Superstore, Inc. >More
Got Books Donates 1,000 Books to Wetherbee Elementary School in Lawrence
Got Books, Inc. the leading used book collection and reuse company in New England, has announced that, in conjunction with its sister company Used Book Superstore, the Emily G. Wetherbee School will become the latest recipient of a “Got Books Great Book Giveaway” and will receive a gift of 1,000 books for distribution to both the school library and to the children for FREE. The value of the gift to the school exceeds $6,000 from Got Books/Used Book Superstore, Inc. >More
Got Books Donates 600 Books to Chittick Elementary School in Mattapan
Got Books, Inc. the leading used book collection and reuse company in New England, has announced that, in conjunction with its sister company Used Book Superstore, the James J. Chittick School will become the latest recipient of a “Got Books Great Book Giveaway” and will receive a gift of 600 books for distribution to both the school library and to the children for FREE. The value of the gift to the school exceeds $5,000 from Got Books/Used Book Superstore, Inc. >More
Got Books Donates 300 Books to Kilmer Elementary School in Boston
Got Books, Inc. the leading used book collection and reuse company in New England, has announced that, in conjunction with its sister company Used Book Superstore, the Joyce Kilmer Elementary School will become the latest recipient of a “Got Books Great Book Giveaway” and will receive a gift of 300 books for distribution to both the school library and to the children for FREE. The value of the gift to the school exceeds $1,000 from Got Books/Used Book Superstore, Inc. >More
Got Books Donates 1,000 Books to Parlin Elementary School in Everett
Got Books, Inc. the leading used book collection and reuse company in New England, has announced that, in conjunction with its sister company Used Book Superstore, the Parlin School will become the latest recipient of a “Got Books Great Book Giveaway” and will receive a gift of 1,000 books for distribution to both the school library and to the children for FREE. The value of the gift to the school exceeds $5,000 from Got Books/Used Book Superstore, Inc. >More
Got Books Donates 1,000 Books to USO New England
Got Books, Inc. the leading used book collection and reuse company in New England has announced that in conjunction with its sister company Used Book Superstore, the USO New England is the latest recipient of a “Got Books Great Book Giveaway” and will receive a gift of 1,000 books to distribute to service members, both adults and children for FREE. The value of the gift to the USO exceeds $5,000 from Got Books/Used Book Superstore, Inc. >More
Got Books Donates 1,000 Books to Northwest Elementary School in Leominster
Got Books, Inc. the leading used book collection and reuse company in New England has announced that in conjunction with its sister company Used Book Superstore, the Northwest Elementary School in Leominster MA is the latest recipient of a “Got Books Great Book Giveaway” and will receive a gift of 1,000 books to distribute to children for FREE. The value of the gift to the school exceeds $5,000 from Got Books/Used Book Superstore, Inc. >More
Got Books Donates 2,000 Books to Naval Station Newport Winter Carnival
Got Books, Inc. the leading used book collection and reuse company in New England has announced that has been the sole-source donor of 2,000 books for distribution by the USO at Naval Station Newport’s annual Winter Carnival. The gift to the USO, which exceeds $10,000 in value from Got Books, included books for children and adults of all ages. The books were distributed by volunteers from the USO as well as senior managers from Got Books, Matt Libby and Justyne Werme. >More
Got Books Donates $10,000 in Books to Burlington Public Schools
Got Books, Inc. the leading used book collection and reuse company in New England has announced that in conjunction with its sister company Used Book Superstore, every employee in the Burlington MA school district (650) will receive $15 in books. The gift to the school system, which exceeds $10,000 in value from Got Books/Used Book Superstore, also includes the establishment and continual support of newly established lending libraries in every Burlington school. >More
Got Books Brings the Holiday Cheer to North Reading Masons Event
Got Books is Santa’s little helper this year! Got Books donated a book for every boy and girl at a Breakfast with Santa event held by the North Reading Masons on December 19th. The event was a fundraiser for local charities and Got Books was there to supply the big guy in red with an assortment of children’s books for all to take home as many as they pleased. Santa even used a little Christmas magic to give one little boy just what he wanted – a copy of a ninja book he’d been looking for, provided by Got Books.
Got Books Donates to Quincy YMCA
There’s a whole lot of reading going on at the Quincy YMCA! Got Books recently supported two literary focused events at the YMCA through book donations. The Y’s Literacy Night took place on November 22nd and Got Books donated boxes of books to be used in the month-long reading challenge the Y ran to celebrate Massachusetts Family Literacy Month.
To ring in the holiday cheer, Got Books also made a donation of more than 200 books to the YMCA’s Polar Express event on December 9th. Local families were able to select a book to keep and the offerings from Got Books were a huge success. “I can’t tell you how important the donation was to the community. We were able to provide for a variety of families from all different walks of life and different socioeconomic backgrounds. It was a thrill.” reported YMCA coordinator Katie Marini.
Got Books Collects Toys for Tots
The mission of the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.
Got Books Prepares for Expansion – Hires Executive Staff
Got Books, Inc. the leading used book collection and reuse company in NE has announced the addition of key executive level staff members at its headquarters and for its subsidiary Used Book Superstore. Used Book Superstores are the largest used bookstores in the eastern USA, with more than 100,000 gently used books, CDs, DVDS and audio books in each store. > More
Got Books Donates to Waterbury CT YMCA
Got books? The Greater Waterbury CT YMCA now does! Got Books has donated 1,000 children’s books to the Y for their brand new day care service library. Nearly 200 preschool aged children will have access to the new library, which was empty before the donation from Got Books.
Got Books Collects Golf Clubs for Troops in Afghanastan
Got Books, Inc. the leading used book collection and reuse company in New England in partnership with Local Heroes, in Wilmington, MA has announced it will send hundreds of golf clubs and thousands of golf balls to U.S. Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Got Books collected the golf clubs and balls during August and September at its subsidiary the Used Book Superstores. The clubs and balls will are being sent in multiple shipments over the next two weeks. > More
