Barnes & Noble Customers Donate Approximately 1.6 Million Books to Children in Need Through Holiday Book Drive
January 08 2018 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest
retail bookseller, today announced that it collected approximately
1.6 million books during its 2017 Holiday Book Drive program. The
books are being donated to more than 650 local charities across the
country that provide services to children.
The donation was made possible through the generous support of
Barnes & Noble customers, who purchased books for donation at
Barnes & Noble bookstores nationwide between November 1, 2017,
and January 1, 2018. Community partners are distributing the books
collected to hospitals, schools, literacy organizations and social
service organizations.
“The annual Holiday Book Drive is a key initiative for us every
year, and our customers once again came through by donating
approximately 1.6 million books to kids in need this holiday
season,” said Tracy Vidakovich, Vice President of Business
Development for Barnes & Noble. “We are always amazed to see
the generosity of our customers and want to thank them for giving
kids of every background the chance to read.”
Local recipients from the Holiday Book Drive include: Toys for
Tots; Children’s Aid Society; Big Brothers Big Sisters; the YMCA;
Salvation Army; First Book; children’s hospitals from around the
country; Reach Out & Read; Ronald McDonald House; Head Start;
United Way; various school districts, schools and public libraries;
and hundreds of other deserving organizations.
About Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is the world’s largest
retail bookseller, and a leading retailer of content, digital media
and educational products. The Company operates 632 Barnes
& Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s premier
e-commerce sites, BN.com (www.bn.com). The Nook Digital
business offers a lineup of popular NOOK® tablets and eReaders and
an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment
content through the NOOK Store®. The NOOK Store features more than
4.5 million digital books in the US (www.nook.com), plus
periodicals and comics, and offers the ability to enjoy content
across a wide array of popular devices through Free NOOK Reading
Apps™ available for Android™, iOS® and Windows®.
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www.barnesandnobleinc.com.
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Barnes & Noble, Inc.Mary Ellen Keating,
212-633-3323Senior Vice PresidentCorporate
Communicationsmkeating@bn.comorAlex Ortolani,
212-633-3379DirectorCorporate Communicationsaortolani@bn.com
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