More than 1,800 college and university campuses have already committed to partnering with Better World Books this year in our no cost book reuse/recycling programs for libraries, bookstores, recyclers and student groups.

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2 college student book drive winners.
5 Better World Books staff.
1 Worldfund development worker.
100s of changed lives.
1000s of Chilean and Peruvian children learning to read.

Here is the story of our literacy trip to Chile and Peru, to see first hand the amazing work being done by our partner, Worldfund. Next year, if your campus book drive is the most successful, this could be you!

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Journal entries by Catarina Gutierrez, a Regional Manager at BWB.Now that I have returned from my amazing trip to Peru and Chile, I have had some time to reflect on what this trip has meant to me and what I’ve learned.

I have been to Peru before when I was 10 or 11 years old but really didn’t understand the importance of traveling and being exposed to so many cultures at such a young age. My mother’s family is from Peru and I now feel a deeper connection to an incredibly rich, spiritual, and strong culture. 

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This is the second half of journal entries by Carol Devorkin, a Bibliographer for the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectible books at BWB. You can read part one here. July 2nd

It’s Machu Picchu Day!

It is raining and cool. Grasses, cacti and succulents lay claim to their space. Some farms at first. Cattle are tethered to rocks. Bright white Calla lilies are farmed for market.

As we travel farther, more varieties of flora join in, adding some pink and white trumpet shaped flowers on bushes and trees. Some of the reeds gently brush against the trains windows. Deeper in the cloud forest we see orchids and bromeliads.The cloud cover comes and goes. The mountains are all business. Huge, sheer rock, with patches of flora. The forest sits at the bottom of the ruins. The touring paths have become muddy, and have been covered with plastic sheets. The steps are damp and uneven. At the first rest stop, Janet and I opt to remain. The group will come for us on the way back. These ruins are so important, because the entire city is intact. As the Spaniards came, the Incans fled to the forest.

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Journal entries by Carol Devorkin, a Bibliographer for the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectible books at BWB.Every year, Better World Books offers an international trip to some of the employees who have been with the company more than two years. 2011 is the year that my name was drawn! I will join Kreece Fuchs, Reid Platt and Janet Stevens from our Mishawaka warehouse, along with La’Kita Anderson and Catarina Guiterrez from our Atlanta location. Also on the trip will be Erin Sawaya from Worldfund, and two of the students who won this trip by having a successful book drive on their college campus, Chelsea and Jodi.

After weeks of anticipation, the day has finally arrived. June 27th.

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