Books on Wheels Pledges to Donate

10,000 books in 2010!

Books on Wheels is very happy to have a space to call home located at 302 W. Brookland Park Blvd. Richmond, VA 23222. With this new addition to our organization, we will be able to reach more people, offer volunteers opportunities to help with our daily operations, and organize ourselves in order to grow and do a better job at providing free books and bicycle repair to the public. Our Spring/Summer 2010 season is approaching fast, and in preparing for a busy season, we want to make sure we can do the most good in our communities as possible.

Since Books on Wheels is a publicly supported non-profit organization, we rely on the generous donations from individuals like you in keeping us literally running. So, we are launching a campaign to raise $10,000 to provide 10,000 books during 2010. For each dollar donated, you are guaranteeing that a child in need is getting a new or gently used book from Books on Wheels. 

We are asking that everyone please donate to our safe, online fundraising sites NETWORK FOR GOOD Or PAY PAL.

And, as always, you can visit our Donate Page on our website for more details.

Thank you for your ongoing support. Please visit our website to see more about our donation campaign and we will keep you updated about the progress throughout the year!

“Books on Wheels is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization that provides free books and free bicycle repair. As a mobile operation, Books on Wheels is able to travel to many different communities in Richmond and around the country to provide our services. Our services are available to anyone and everyone, yet we do have a concentration in working with at-risk youth in low-income neighborhoods.

Books on Wheels is dedicated to promoting literacy and maintaining healthy, active lifestyles, while providing much need resources to our communities that lack access to free books and bicycle education. Through literature and bicycle education Books on Wheels works to provide empowering tools that they can use within their communities. In concentrating in working with youth, Books on Wheels strives to encourage young people to read and to learn skills that they can use for the rest of their lives”.

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Sincerely,

Shelley Briggs, MSW
Co-founder, Books on Wheels
www.booksonwheels.org
booksonwheelsva@yahoo.com

Thanks to the students at Short Pump Elementary for collecting and donating over 1200 books to Books on Wheels this week!! Really awesome!

From www.ellwoodthompsons.com

“When it comes to the Richmond Community, two people that instantly come to our minds are Ward Tefft and Shelley Briggs. They stand for and support the same community elements that we view as essential for survival, thus, we’ve honored them with a nomination for being our first “Local Heroes”.

Ward is the owner of Chop Suey Bookstore, he’s owned Chop Suey Books since March of 2002 and sells more used books than we would know what to do with. Ward & Shelley together are the founders of Books On Wheels, a non-profit organization providing FREE books and FREE bike repair in an effort to promote literacy, alternative transportation and healthy lifestyles. Ward and Shelley work primarily in low-income neighborhoods with at-risk youth.

The two are also co-founders of Best Friends Day, a nine year Richmond tradition that brings thousands of people together from all over the country for a full weekend of music, fun, and the celebration of friendship and what Richmond has to offer. In addition to Best Friends Day, the two recently opened the Books on Wheels Thrift Store in Richmond’s Northside. To read the full interview with Ward & Shelley, come in the store and check out the Local Heroes poster dedicated to them. If you know someone who you think should be nominated as a Local Hero in Richmond, e-mail mquillen@ellwoodthompsons.com and let him know Who and Why!”

Books on Wheels will be distributing books and taking book donations on Saturday, January 23rd, from 1-3 p.m. at BJ’s Wholesale Club located at 1320 Starling Dr. Richmond, VA 23229. Also, BJ’s will be offering 1 day shopping passes for non-members.

We are looking forward to the 2010 Spring and Summer, and whole year, for Books on Wheels! New upcoming events will be posted soon, so stay tuned. In the mean time, as we make plans for our events, please feel free to check out our donation page to see how you can support Books on Wheels!!!

Thanks to Ellwood Thompsons for recognize Shelley and Ward as “Local Heroes”. Check out the store to see the poster in real life!

www.ellwoodthompsons.com

On top of our secure donation option NETWORK FOR GOOD, you can also make donations to Books on Wheels through Pay Pal! Thanks for your ongoing support!

Books on Wheels will be providing free books at the Richmond Zine Fest on Saturday November 7th from 11-3 pm. Free and Open to the public! More info here:

Richmond Zine Fest

http://halcyonbike.com/

We have never really had a real address before, but I guess we can now say that we live somewhere. The office of Books on Wheels is now located in the Thrift Store “Books, Bikes, and Beyond” located at

302 W. Brookland Park Blvd.
Richmond, VA 23222

Come by and visit!