Books4Life

by Marina Pangaribuan

BOOKS4LIFE, one flight of stairs down to do something for others!

Books4Life. It appeared on my searching results when I typed the keyword “secondhand book store in Tilburg” in google. As I read that it is not merely book store, but it was also aimed for charity. The next day I walked to the store which was located in the basement of the C building in the University. Inside the store I saw a poster of one of their charity projects for a children’s community in Indonesia, my beloved country.

It was my intention since the beginning to do something for others during the one year course of my study, and on top of that I LOVE books. Thus, I decided to join this organization as a volunteer. To be a volunteer means to contribute at least 2 hours in a week to take on a shift in the store. I think the bookstore needs to be advertised and promoted so more students realize its existence and its contributions to society.

Basically, the store received book donations and were sold at a reasonably low price. All the benefit in one year will be donated to two categories of donations. The first is a permanent donation to Oxfam and Amnesty, and the second is for charity projects. It is the board who will decide which project are feasible and are able to match their criteria.

The store is open for any projects which are brought forward mainly by the store volunteers, however, if you are interested to get involved, you can help by thinking of a project to promote this store. If not, you can simply contribute by buying a book, the store has a study books section as well as a collection of novels and other books which can be found in both english and dutch. We will make the most out of the contributions we receive solely for charity projects.

So do visit and see the book collections for yourselves, it will be our pleasure to welcome you and assist you. There is a wide variety of books, so who knows, you may find just the book(s) you were looking for.

For more info, check the following:

• Website: http://universonline.nl/
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/universonline
• Books4Life: Basement of C Building

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