RIVERFIELD SCHOOL IN FAIRFIELD CT RECEIVES A ‘SMART CAR’ FULL OF BOOKS

Fairfield, CT December 1, 2011 – 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.

The books were donated to the school’s library specialist Diane Faiella, a veteran of twenty-five years in education and in her first year at Riverfield Elementary School.

The gift to the school, which exceeds $2,000 in value is the latest donation from Got Books, Inc and the first in the Connecticut area. Similar gifts have been made this year to schools in both MA and NH.

Paul Toaso, principal of the Riverfield Elementary School comments, “Our commitment is to ‘children first’.  This gift supports the expansion of our library and our children developing a love of books and reading. ”

“So far this year we’ve donated more than 15,000 books directly to schools and provided more than $60,000 of in-store credits to schools and school systems,” comments Bob Ticehurst founder and president of the Used Book Superstore chain.  “We are committed to continuing these programs in combination with extra special discounts that teachers get EVERY week in our stores”.

Got Books, Inc. Background Overview

Founded in 2000, Got Books, Inc. collects donated books from individuals and from over 350 collection containers in MA, NH, CT and ME.  Book collection containers are typically fundraising for  non profit organizations, schools or churches. Got Books pays the container host when their donated books are collected. The Company has paid over $1.2 million dollars its fundraising partners and has saved millions of books from landfills. Donated books are hand sorted at The Company’s warehouse.  Books that can be repurposed and reused are sold through the superstores or online.  Books that are damaged or are unusable are recycled. Go to gotbooks.com

Philanthropic Programs for Education – Background

“Got Books Great Book Giveaway” is designed for elementary schools in greater Boston and southern New Hampshire.  This program distributes books in schools K-5. Any teacher can apply for a book grant for their entire school. Go to www.usedbooksuperstore.com.