First Book-Metro Phoenix, Borders® and Waldenbooks® Stores Bring the Gift of New Books To Children in Need
First Book-Metro Phoenix was excited to grant $4,000 in Borders gift cards to local non-profits that directly serve children in need. This year First Book-Metro Phoenix had the privilege to distribute these gift cards to Motheread® Arizona, The Family School, Los Arcos United Methodist Church, Wesley Community Center, Mesa Early Learning and Lincoln Learning Center. This is the second consecutive year that Borders, Waldenbooks and First Book have joined together for a holiday fundraising drive.
Phoenix, AZ, May 15, 2008 --(PR.com)-- First Book-Metro Phoenix was excited to grant $4,000 in Borders gift cards to local non-profits that directly serve children in need. Over the holiday season customers in Borders and Waldenbooks stores were encouraged to donate $1, $3, $5 or more to First Book as they made their holiday purchases. One hundred percent of funds donated by Borders and Waldenbooks customers were converted to gift cards and distributed to local organizations affiliated with First Book to purchase books for the children they serve. This year First Book-Metro Phoenix had the privilege to distribute these gift cards to: Motheread® Arizona, The Family School, Los Arcos United Methodist Church, Wesley Community Center, Mesa Early Learning—Irving and Lincoln Learning Center. This is the second consecutive year that Borders, Waldenbooks and First Book have joined together for a holiday fundraising drive.
First Book-Metro Phoenix is part of a national network of First Book Advisory Boards who provide new books to children in need in communities across the country. Comprised of volunteers from all sectors of the community, First Book-Metro Phoenix works to promote and facilitate the distribution of new books to literacy programs in the Metro Phoenix area and granted the funds raised in the 2007 Borders and Waldenbooks holiday giving campaign to local organizations. Since 2004, First Book-Metro Phoenix has distributed over 60,000 books to local programs in underserved communities including Sunnyslope Community Center, Assistance League of Phoenix, and Desert Mission. For more information or to get involved with First Book-Metro Phoenix, please contact metrophoenix_az@firstbook.org. To help support local literacy efforts visit www.firstbook.org/localdonate and select Phoenix-AB118.
About First Book
First Book is an international nonprofit organization with a single mission: to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. Through hundreds of local Advisory Boards, the First Book National Book Bank, and the First Book Marketplace, the organization provides an ongoing supply of new books to children participating in community-based mentoring, tutoring, and family literacy programs. First Book has provided more than 46 million new books to children in need in thousands of communities nationwide. For more information about First Book, please visit www.firstbook.org/metrophoenix or call 866-393-1222.
About Borders Group
Borders Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company that trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BGP. The company is a leading global retailer of books, music, movies, and gift and stationery items with 2005 revenues of $4 billion. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Borders Group, through its subsidiaries, employs more than 34,000 people worldwide and serves more than 30 million customers each year on a global basis. The company is organized into three business segments: Borders Domestic Superstores, International, and Waldenbooks Specialty Retail. Currently, there are more than 475 domestic Borders Superstores. In the International segment, there are 61 Borders superstores located mainly in the U.K. and Asia Pacific, as well as 31 Books etc. stores primarily throughout Great Britain. In addition, the International segment includes Paperchase Products Limited, a U.K.-based gifts and stationery retailer with approximately 90 locations. The Waldenbooks Specialty Retail segment includes over 650 Waldenbooks, Borders Express, Borders outlet and airport stores as well as the company’s seasonal calendar business. More information on the company is available at www.bordersgroupinc.com.
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First Book-Metro Phoenix is part of a national network of First Book Advisory Boards who provide new books to children in need in communities across the country. Comprised of volunteers from all sectors of the community, First Book-Metro Phoenix works to promote and facilitate the distribution of new books to literacy programs in the Metro Phoenix area and granted the funds raised in the 2007 Borders and Waldenbooks holiday giving campaign to local organizations. Since 2004, First Book-Metro Phoenix has distributed over 60,000 books to local programs in underserved communities including Sunnyslope Community Center, Assistance League of Phoenix, and Desert Mission. For more information or to get involved with First Book-Metro Phoenix, please contact metrophoenix_az@firstbook.org. To help support local literacy efforts visit www.firstbook.org/localdonate and select Phoenix-AB118.
About First Book
First Book is an international nonprofit organization with a single mission: to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. Through hundreds of local Advisory Boards, the First Book National Book Bank, and the First Book Marketplace, the organization provides an ongoing supply of new books to children participating in community-based mentoring, tutoring, and family literacy programs. First Book has provided more than 46 million new books to children in need in thousands of communities nationwide. For more information about First Book, please visit www.firstbook.org/metrophoenix or call 866-393-1222.
About Borders Group
Borders Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company that trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BGP. The company is a leading global retailer of books, music, movies, and gift and stationery items with 2005 revenues of $4 billion. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Borders Group, through its subsidiaries, employs more than 34,000 people worldwide and serves more than 30 million customers each year on a global basis. The company is organized into three business segments: Borders Domestic Superstores, International, and Waldenbooks Specialty Retail. Currently, there are more than 475 domestic Borders Superstores. In the International segment, there are 61 Borders superstores located mainly in the U.K. and Asia Pacific, as well as 31 Books etc. stores primarily throughout Great Britain. In addition, the International segment includes Paperchase Products Limited, a U.K.-based gifts and stationery retailer with approximately 90 locations. The Waldenbooks Specialty Retail segment includes over 650 Waldenbooks, Borders Express, Borders outlet and airport stores as well as the company’s seasonal calendar business. More information on the company is available at www.bordersgroupinc.com.
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Megan Fuller
602-340-0181
www.firstbook.org/metrophoenix
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