By PATRICIA PIXLER, Student Reporter
Northwestern’s environmental group CORE is collecting used textbooks during its annual Better World Book drive. The Book Drive will span from December 5th to December 13th with drop-box locations in the Alva library and bookstore, and the CORE area in Enid.
The Better World Book Drive is a national book drive, with drop-box locations available across the United States. Rachael Cooper, Vice-President of NWOSU’s CORE, says, “Better World Books is a self-sustaining social venture to help fund literary world wide. They partner with many libraries and college campuses, collecting unwanted textbooks to support their non-profit literary program. Currently they have saved over 63,000 tons of books from landfills.”
This has been the fifth year CORE has participated in the Better World Book Drive. Cooper says, “We decided to participate in the Better World Book Drive because of their environmental impact and their contribution to world literary.”
The collected textbooks will be shipped to Better World Books, where they will be resold with profits going to high-impact literary programs in the United States and around the world. Better World Books has converted 117 million donated books into over $15 million dollars in funding for literary and education.
In return for the book drive, CORE receives some money. “We use the money received to help our cause. Every semester we host an educational event. Also, we provide recycling for NWOSU Enid and Alva. We provide the tools used for campus clean-up and other activities,” said Cooper.
The Better World Book Drive is CORE’s sole fundraiser and the club is thankful to have a fundraiser that is meaningful and makes an impact. This year, CORE’s goal is to collect 100 used textbooks.
“Core is a dynamic club; small but mighty. Student-led, the sky is the limit as we tackle environmental issues locally and globally.”
For more information about the Better World Book Drive and CORE, please contact Rachael Cooper at recooper12@rangers.nwosu.edu.