Published: March 11, 2010
BOOKS-A-GO GO Announces 4th Annual Book Drive at Area Winn-Dixie Stores
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - BOOKS-A-GO GO announced Winn-Dixie stores (NASDAQ:WINN) in northeast
Florida, south Georgia, and Tampa areas will participate in its fourth
annual National Children's Book Drive running from March 10 - 23.
BOOKS-A-GO GO is a Jacksonville-based international nonprofit
organization that collects new and used children's books, and
distributes them to youth from low-income families.
Communities in Schools (CIS) will administer the book drives at
participating Winn-Dixie stores. CIS and DriveTime Car Dealership,
BOOKS-A-GO GO's founding sponsor, also will hold book drives in select
cities throughout March.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for people to donate children's books
they are no longer using," said Betty Metz, president and founder of
BOOKS-A-GO GO. "The books will be given to local children whose families
cannot afford to buy the books they need. We are very excited to work
with Winn-Dixie and Communities in Schools on this. Thousands of local
children will receive books from this drive."
More than 50,000 children from low-income families in Duval County will
benefit from the book drive.
"One of Winn-Dixie's key principles is to support education, and by
hosting these book drives, we are helping less-fortunate children to be
successful," said Terry Grooms, Winn-Dixie's manager of corporate
donations. "Learning to read is an important step in life because it
opens up new worlds and possibilities for them to explore."
About BOOKS-A-GO GO
BOOKS-A-GO GO is based in Jacksonville, but is an international
organization that has given hundreds of thousands of books to children
in need. Books are distributed to children from low-income families
through schools and organizations that serve these children. BOOKS-A-GO
GO collects children's books year-round with book donation bins in the
children's sections of the Jacksonville and St. Johns County libraries.
For more information, please visit www.booksagogo.org.
About Winn-Dixie
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., is one of the nation's largest food retailers.
Founded in 1925, the Company is headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla. The
Company currently operates 515 retail grocery locations, including more
than 400 in-store pharmacies, in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia
and Mississippi. For more information, please visit www.winn-dixie.com.
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., Jacksonville
Robin Lake Miller,
904-370-7715 or 904-327-1445(cell)
MediaRelations@winn-dixie.com
or
St.
John & Partners
Patrick McSweeney, 904-596-2085 or
904-923-4871(cell)
patrickm@sjp.com
or
BOOKS-A-GO-GO
Betty
Metz, 904-635-6893 or 904-655-5716
booksagogo@aol.com
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