From: Cammie L. Backus <clbackus>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 09:40:39 -0500

*Please note that I'm expressing these opinions as an individual, rather than as a representative of RIF.

It looks like NCFL has a press release on BWB on their site: http://www.famlit.org/AboutNCFL/PressRoom/CurrentPressReleases/NCFL-and-Better-World-Books.cfm


>From doing some Googling, it looks like the organization was known as Campus Community Outreach up until 2004. Info from Room to Read: http://www.roomtoread.org/pdfs/rtr_cco_partnership.pdf


Books for Africa states in an online newsletter that BWB provided $40K in unrestricted donations to them in 2004.

I'm surprised that their name didn't get flagged as being too similar to Books for a Better World, which is a non-profit. It definitely looks like an interesting program; I wonder if one can request an annual report from them to see their real numbers.

Cammie

-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu [mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Ruth I. Gordon Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:15 PM To: CCBC Net; Penny Peck; ALSC List Subject: [CCBC-Net] ???Better World...

Does anyone know anything about this organization other than the info included in the releases?

Here are information sites for Better World? Books. library at betterworldbooks.com??? and?? www.betterworldbooks.com


Big Grandma
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