Butler Tarkington Neighborhood Association

Help “Indy Reads Books” Stock the Shelves

Donations of used books and media for our new retail outlet will support Indy Reads adult literacy programs! Start boxing up your gently used books, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and video games, and help others learn to read.
 
Indy Reads, central Indiana’s only accredited adult literacy organization, is preparing to open a community bookstore. The store, to be called Indy Reads Books, will be located in downtown Indianapolis along The Cultural Trail. It will be the only bookstore in downtown Indianapolis and is scheduled for completion later this spring. Indy Reads Books will sell donated used books with proceeds benefitting Indy Reads’ literacy tutoring programs.

All types of books and media items, except for textbooks and magazines, are welcome at this time. Some items may be sold through a third-party service prior to the store opening. Book and media collection boxes are located at the following locations.

• Indy Reads Office – 2450 N. Meridian St. (12 to 5 p.m. weekdays)
• WFYI – 1630 N. Meridian St. (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays)
• The Best Chocolate in Town – 880 Mass. Ave. (11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday)
• Global Gifts – 446 Mass. Ave. (10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday)
• The Athenaeum – YMCA – 401 E. Michigan St. (5 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, 11 a.m. to 5. p.m. weekends)- this box will be available by 2/7/12

Book-drives will also take place on the Butler Campus (Feb. 24) and IUPUI (March 1). The local organization Giving Sum will also be conducting book-drives. Contributions are tax-deductible as provided by state and federal law. Indy Reads can not give receipts for books donated through the collection boxes. If donors wish to claim a deduction they will need to keep a record of the number of books and type (hardcover or paperback) donated at this time. Receipts will be available at the store after it opens.

Indy Reads Books will further support the mission of Indy Reads by providing private space for tutors and students to meet, training opportunities, and more. Initial funding for Indy Reads Books has been secured through generous grants from Margot Lacy Eccles, the Efroymson Fund, the Glick Fund, and Giving Sum.

Additional collection locations will be announced soon. For more information, or to inquire about maintaining a collection box at a business or other organization, please contact Travis DiNicola, Executive Director of Indy Reads, at 317-275-4035 or .

Indy Reads is unwavering in our mission to improve the literacy skills of adults in central Indiana who read or write at or below the sixth grade level. Our goal is to make Indianapolis 100 percent literate. First established more than 30 years ago, Indy Reads is the only organization in Indianapolis, accredited by ProLiteracy Worldwide, which uses volunteers to provide free, basic literacy tutoring to illiterate and semi-literate adults. Indy Reads programming includes one-on-one tutoring, small group sessions, English as a Second Language instruction, and “Literacy Labs” at neighborhood centers. Learn more at www.IndyReads.org.

| February 7, 2012, at 9:48 am | Category: btna, Butler University, City of Indianapolis, Education, Library, Miscellaneous, mkna | Leave a comment