School District Receives Thousands in Books From Used Book Superstore

The following was submitted by Used Book Superstore, Inc.:

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 school district (299) will receive a $15 credit for books at the Burlington 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. Similar gifts have been made this year to the Reading, Burlington, Billerica and Danvers school systems as well as the Salem, New Hampshire school system.

As a fundraising program, North Reading hosts Got Books, Inc. used book collection containers at its middle school. Over the past 12 months the book collection container has yielded over $500 from Got Books as payment for the books donated into the containers.

“We are committed to an inclusive, student-centered, 21st Century learning environment that prepares students for life,” comments North Reading Superintendent of Schools Kathleen Willis.  “It our mission is to educate all students by challenging and encouraging them to be thinking, creative and responsible individuals who are confident and committed to excellence, service and life-long learning. The generous gift from the Used Book Superstore will give teachers the opportunity to get as much as an arm-load of books to support their classes for FREE. It is great to have local business support our mission.”

“Got Books has nearly 450 book collection containers all over New England supplying much needed funds to non profit organizations, particularly schools like the North Reading middle school,” comments Bob Ticehurst, CEO and founder of Got Books, Inc. and the Used Book Superstores. “We’ve recently expanded the selection of books at our stores to include new books and in-demand used books that we just couldn’t get before. Our local programs combined with extra special discounts that teachers get EVERY week in our stores, demonstrates our continued support of teachers’ and students’ success.”