GOT BOOKS DONATED 1,000 BOOKS TO USO NEW ENGLAND
“Got Books Great Book Giveaway” Supports Service Members
Wilmington, MA March 28, 2011 – 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. 
“The USO, an independent nonprofit organization, is chartered with supporting our troops and their families both at their home base in the U.S. and all over the world. We have service members and their families coming into our offices looking for books all the time,” comments Steve Wujciak Executive Director of the USO of New England. “We are grateful to Got Books for stepping up to make this generous donation of books.”
The books will be delivered to the USO New England’s offices in Boston on April 4, 2011 directly from Got Books, Inc. in Wilmington.
“Got Books as the book supplier of the Used Book Superstores supports our troops through three different programs,” comments Bob Ticehurst, CEO and founder of Got Books, Inc., the Used Book Superstores, and a U.S. Marine. “In addition Our Books For Troops program, which sends boxes of books to any service member deployed oversees for FREE, we also make regular gifts of books like the USO donation through our “Got Books Great Book Giveaway program. Our stores also give any veteran special discounts.”
For more information on the Books For Troops program, visit BooksForTroops.com
Got Books, Inc. and Used Book Superstore Background
Founded in 2000, Got Books has grown from a home-based business to today’s 69,000 square foot warehouse. The combined companies of Got Books and the Used Book Superstores employ nearly 100 people.
Got Books provides hundreds of nonprofit groups with an easy fundraising program: book donation containers are placed throughout New England at schools, town halls, retail parking lots and a variety of other public locations. Got Books pays the container hosts after their donated books are collected. The Company has paid over $1 million to local non-profit groups since 2007 and has saved millions of books from landfills.
Used Book Superstores, among the largest used bookstores in the USA, offers used books, DVDs and CDs at a fraction of their original cost as well as select new books and related items. There are currently five Used Book Superstores in MA and NH each offering used books at ridiculously low prices beginning at $1.29.