Who we are?

We call ourselves the Fab four - Annie, Darren, Jomo and Lorraine. We are a group of four students doing our Bachelor of Commerce Program at Royal Roads University. We were tasked by our Entrepreneurial Expertise Professor, Geoff Archer to start a sustainable web business that would donate all funds to a not-for-profit organization. Our team wanted to support a good cause (obviously) but we also wanted to support a cause that was not always top-of-mind and with September and the school year approaching we thought what best than to support literacy! There would be many ways to support, and donations being the easiest one but we came up with another idea... Why not take all those used books we've read once and resell them to raise our funds... ties-in with the subject and also allows us to re-use something that has been sitting too long on our book shelves (now that is called sustainability!!!).


So our project - We have started this blog to discuss with you our venture and also allow you (our family, friends and friends of friends) to help us help literacy. We will be posting on a daily basis the new (used) books coming our way in hopes that you find one that you absolutely need to read. Once you found your perfect read - you can proceed to purchase the book ($7.00 for paperback and &15.00 for hard covers) and all the funds will be donated to Code, a Canadian organization that help support self-sufficiency through literacy in the developing world.

What you walk away with - a good feeling that you have helped a person learn how to read and a book for your thoughts too!!!

Now - maybe you are not a reader yourself and would really like to help out.... We also have a solution for you! You can also purchase a book and donate the book to Code, we will be keeping all the "donated" books and sending them to the organization along with the funds.

Our goal is to raise $1500 - we know it is small but we also have a very limited shelf life and know that anything makes a difference.
So to recap - here are the steps...

1. Check our blog every day to see what's new (you would not want the shopaholic book to be bought by someone else now, would you?)
2. Buy the book
3. Select a price ($7 or $15) plus $2.50 shipping
4. Decide if you want the book for you or if you want to donate the book
5. Make sure to let us know which book you are buying in the comment box (sorry no accounting system on this blog)
6. Send us a message and tell us why you picked this book!

You can also donate funds if you wish - note that no donation receipts will be provided and all the funds will be donated on your behalf by Royal Roads University.

Now.... Get reading!!!

Cheers and Thank you!

Annie, Darren, Jomo and Lorraine