Monday, September 23, 2013

We Need Your Help!

The Lakewood Neighborhood Book Swap is currently raising funds to help improve our swap! As it is right now, our swap can difficult for our co-founder to set up on a daily basis. Heather has severe extensive back injuries that will unfortunately never heal, as well as osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease). However, our hope and prayer is to raise enough money to purchase rolling shelving units, as well as supplies for new signs that won't be stolen again!

We have a modest goal of $200, but quite honestly if we can reach $100 we'll be able to get most of what we need. Anything else will be a bonus and help us create a bigger book swap for our community! Whatever we raise, if we do have excess funds, we will be donating the excess to local charities that promote literacy!

How can you help?
1. Donate to our IndieGoGo Campaign athttp://igg.me/at/lakewoodneighborhoodbookswap/x/3735056 We would prefer donations via Paypal, as we receive those funds immediately!
2. Purchase from our Tupperware fundraiser at http://order.tupperware.com/pls/htprod_www/!twx$eparty_ctl.p_guest_welcome?pv_eparty=ebe867cae948aa3ee8ab140e778590f6 40% of all sales go to our book swap, PLUS it helps Heather, who is currently unemployed with her Tupperware business as her only source of income. AS A BONUS, if you purchase from our Tupperware fundraiser, you'll also receive a bonus gift with every purchase!
3. Spread the word! Share our explanatory note from our FB fanpage at https://www.facebook.com/notes/lakewood-neighborhood-book-swap/our-1st-fundraiser/1419287834951758 , join our event at https://www.facebook.com/events/373527786083739/ & invite your friends, post our links to all your social networks!

As always, we thank you for your support!

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

GRAND OPENING!

GREAT NEWS! Our GRAND OPENING will be on Saturday, August 3 at 8am! We're not sure how long we'll be open, but we will post the updated times by Friday evening on this blog, our FB page http://www.facebook.com/LakewoodNeighborhoodBookSwap and our Twitter account http://www.twitter.com/LakewoodBkSwap

We'll also post times for the following week by Friday night!

How To Donate

The idea is simple! Bring a book or two. If you see a book you like, you're welcome to take it and replace the book with yours! We welcome books for all ages, from toddlers to adult: fiction, nonfiction, cookbooks, DIY books, etc.

PLEASE NOTE: at this time, we cannot accept large books i.e. encyclopedias, textbooks, magazines, etc. We may accept those in the future though! WE GLADLY ACCEPT DONATIONS of 5-10 books per donation!

Mailing List

Please feel free to email us at lakewoodneighborhoodbookswap@gmail.com to be put on a mailing list for our open times and to donate books! Thanks for your support!

Sunday, July 28, 2013

WELCOME & About Us

The Lakewood Neighborhood Book Swap was created by a mother and daughter team, Natalie and Heather, who LOVE books, and want to bring their passion for reading and volunteerism to their community!

The idea is simple! Bring a book or two. If you see a book you like, you're welcome to take it and replace the book with yours! We welcome books for all ages, from toddlers to adult: fiction, nonfiction, cookbooks, DIY books, etc.

We will be open during various times throughout the week. Please keep an eye on this page OR our blog athttp://lakewoodneighborhoodbookswap.blogspot.com/ OR our Twitter accounthttp://www.twitter.com/LakewoodBkSwap for hours.

PLEASE NOTE: at this time, we cannot accept large books i.e. encyclopedias, textbooks, magazines, etc. We may accept those in the future though! WE GLADLY ACCEPT DONATIONS of 5-10 books per donation!

EMAIL US AT lakewoodneighborhoodbookswap@gmail.com to be put on a mailing list for our open times and to donate!