The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation launched its annual spring fundraising drive on April 18th this year. The goal of the Do Good All Year campaign is to encourage at least 180 book and comic lovers from across the country to join Binc’s current monthly sustaining donors.

SIBA booksellers are familiar with the important role Binc has played in times of crisis. Right now Binc receives over 20 calls a week from bookstore and comic shop employees and owners who need vital financial and mental health assistance. Binc has never refused to help.

The regional independent bookseller associations (NEIBA, NAIBA, SIBA, MPIBA, CALIBA, PNBA, MIBA, and GLIBA) are all getting involved in the Spring campaign as well. Binc is offering a celebratory ice cream social to the region which has the highest number of new monthly donors who sign up, and anyone can participate and donate. Even those that don’t work in bookstores can be part of the fun. Existing monthly donors can increase their monthly donations to help a region win the ice cream party, too.

An ice cream social would be a nice thing for SIBA booksellers at the upcoming annual conference in August. Arlington and Washington DC can be pretty warm that time of year! But even more importantly, your donations directly help your colleagues when they need it the most. Click here to become a regular donor.