Because of You.

As most of you know I’m pretty uncomfortable taking credit for the amazing things that have been able to be done for our community and even for the world through R&B Used Books. 
Without all of you R&B never would have been able to donate inventory to give Paperback Exchange in Lancaster, Ohio a bunch of books to fill their shelves after they had a fire.
Without you we wouldn’t have been able to donate 350 cases (yes-that number is accurate and somewhere I have the receipt to prove it) to the Montrose Historical Preservation Society to help put a new roof on their museum. Without you we wouldn’t have been able to send books with people who were traveling to Tennessee to donate to their impoverished schools. Books also headed to Louisiana after Katrina and Texas as well.

Without you we could never have supported a FISH family for 9 years running now, nor could we have supported and fostered so many Lucky Day Animal Rescue cats and kittens. And thanks to all of you and our record month in March we were able to contribute towards Kash, the City of Grand Blanc’s new K9 officer who will hopefully be arriving in May. I’ve already asked if he could come in and see us when they get him settled.

Without you we wouldn’t have the wherewithal to go on book rescues picking up thousands of books after big sales and saving them from landfills. These books are sorted down and used to help support further charity efforts, redistributed back into the communities we serve (or farther) or recycled if they are not either sellable or donate-able.
You have helped us get books to our troops and veterans almost since we opened. You’ve facilitated donations to Little Free Library, schools, senior centers, VA hospitals, jails, prisons and ministries. You’ve aided us in putting together donations to help support book sales to support various causes. And we’ve recycled and kept over a million books out of landfills.

​But more than just the books you have helped us support various causes by participating in our read-a-thon, coming to read to the Valzoren therapy dogs in training, supporting our adoption events, donating food (both human and animal) and other essentials for our two charities of choice (FISH and Lucky Day). You’ve pledged when we’ve done our 5k’s in support of Lucky Day.

You stepped up huge in December of 2016 when our expansion nearly took us out. And when we lost the cornerstone of our business in August you waited until the dust settled to step up and support us once more.
So THANK YOU. Thank you for a record March. You have no idea how much that means to all of us here at R&B Used Books as we find a new normal and build the business in a way that would make our parents proud and will be sustainable for our children to step into when we are gone. ​​

​We are here for the long term and great things are happening. Because of you.

Beth Dumity

Owner, R&B Used Books