Seattle, WA—September 14, 2009—Eco Encore has just added new donation bin partners Bambu Organic, Center School, and the Roosevelt Square Ten Thousand Villages. The new partners have accepted bins to collect used books, CDs, DVDs and software which are then sold to raise money for Eco Encore’s 15 recipient environmental organizations.
“I love the idea of entrepreneurship to benefit social and environmental causes,” said Ten Thousand Villages store manager Annie Kelley-Kamp. Ten Thousand Villages is a largely volunteer-run Pennsylvania-based non-profit franchise that works with disadvantaged artisans in developing countries to give them access to North American markets.Media donations are the lifeblood of Eco Encore, and offer donation bin partners an easy way to help raise funds for Eco Encore’s recipient partner organizations like the Washington Trails Association and the Northwest Environmental Education Council.
Donation bin partners, like Kelly-Kamp at Ten Thousand Villages, believe in Eco Encore’s mission to both raise money for groups that help the environment as well as the reselling of paper and plastic media that may otherwise find its way into local landfills. This mission of keeping waste out of landfills had particular resonance for Kelly-Kamp.
“As I’ve been growing in my own personal quest to have a smaller impact on the planet,” said Kelley-Kamp, “I’ve been thinking about my own everyday items and how to extend their life.”
To date Eco Encore has donation bins in nine locations around Seattle with more added regularly. A complete list of locations and contact information is available at www.ecoencore.org/donate-books-more.
About Ten Thousand Villages:
Ten Thousand Villages, a fair trade retailer, is a Pennsylvania-based non-profit franchise that gives artisans in developing countries access to North American markets.
Roosevelt Square Ten Thousand Villages
Anne Kelly-Kamp, store manager
6417 roosevelt Way NE, #101
Seattle, WA 98115
(206) 524-9223
