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Road trip: Better World Books

Emily Kirkpatrick and Lisa Avetisian from NCFL set off for the Better World Books (BWB) facility near South Bend, Indiana, last week. We’ve put together a little summary of their trip. Enjoy!

BWB book bin

One of BWB’s new books bins. Fun fact: BWB has saved more than 29,860,000 books from being thrown into landfills.

 

BWB President and CEO David Murphy

BWB President and CEO David Murphy kicked off a presentation NCFL made to BWB’s staff.

 

Emily Kirkpatrick and BWB staff 

Emily talked with several BWB staff after NCFL’s presentation. Fun fact: NCFL is one of BWB’s five literacy partners. BWB has donated more than $7,280,000 to these organizations!

 

Creech Fuchs, co-founder of Better World Books 

Creece Fuchs, co-founder of BWB, led a warehouse tour for us.

 

Shelves of books at Better World Books 

Shelves and shelves and shelves of books in the BWB South Bend warehouse, ready to be ordered on betterworldbooks.com.

 

NCFL highlighted in new BWB store 

NCFL is highlighted in an aisle of the new BWB outlet store located inside the warehouse. Fun fact: Can’t make it to the store? BWB ships FREE to anywhere in the US, and international shipping is only $3.97!

 

Thanks to BWB! 

Thanks to BWB for a great visit and being such a wonderful partner.