https://sharewiki.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=86.202.116.129&feedformat=atomSharewiki.org - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T22:13:02ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.39.2https://sharewiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Book_Thing&diff=7362The Book Thing2011-08-28T16:43:20Z<p>86.202.116.129: Created page with ''''The Book Thing''' is a 501(c) non-profit charity, located in Baltimore in the USA, created in September 1999 for the purpose of giving away books. It was created and i…'</p>
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<div>'''The Book Thing''' is a 501(c) non-profit charity, located in [[Baltimore]] in the [[USA]], created in September 1999 for the purpose of giving away books. It was created and is operated by Russel Wattenberg, a former bartender who was inspired to create a system for distributing books to impoverished students<ref name="New York Times">{{cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/01/us/where-even-the-dime-novel-doesn-t-cost-a-cent.html?src=pm | title=Where Even the Dime Novel Doesn't Cost a Cent | date=April 01, 2002 | work= New York Times|accessdate=August 28, 2011 | author=FRANCIS X. CLINES}}</ref>. The estimated amount of books at The Book Thing is 200,000, and they come from a variety of sources including people, businesses, and organizations. The Book Thing was incorporated by a board of neighborhood volunteers. The Book Thing is open on weekends and is run by around 30 volunteers. <ref name="New York Times" /><br />
== External Link ==<br />
[http://www.bookthing.org/ Official Website]<br />
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