Operation Paperback is a non-profit, grassroots program founded in 1999.
We collect gently used books and send them to American troops deployed overseas. Many of our troops are serving far from home and living in facilities that provide few of the comforts of home. At the end of the duty day, the opportunity to escape into a good book is welcomed. Every week we receive thanks from troops who are glad to be appreciated and remembered. Our service members make sacrifices every day for our country. It takes so little to let them know that we appreciate what they are doing for us. When you join in Operation Paperback, you will let our troops know that you support them, and you have not forgotten them.
Dear Community,
It is a privilege for me to be your local Operation Paperback Volunteer. Your participation in Operation Paperback - whether collecting or donating books and/or money for the shipping costs or donating your time to pack or help carry boxes into the Post Office - has allowed me to ship over 12,000 books to our troops. This certificate of appreciation, in my name, belongs to all of you. The referenced "care packages" are the boxes of your donated books that have been sent.
Sherry
SUPPORT OUR LOCAL OPERATION PAPERBACK:
DONATE YOUR "GENTLY" USED PAPERBACK BOOKS, PUZZLE BOOKS, MAGAZINES
DONATE MONEY FOR SHIPPING COSTS
VOLUNTEERS WILL PACK & SHIP TO FILL EACH SERVICE MEMBER'S REQUEST
ALL GENRES OF BOOKS ARE WELCOMED!
When you donate books, please consider also making a small donation to cover the shipping costs.
Just 35 cents a book nearly covers the cost.
This project is nonprofit and totally dependent on donations. Thank You to everyone who donates the books and the cash needed to cover shipping costs. Thanks also to Grand Strand Coffee Bar (Food Lion Plaza, Rt. 17, Calabash) for donating shipping boxes.
BOOK DROP LOCATIONS:
Little River Chamber of Commerce (also accepts donations for shipping costs)
C.B. Berry Community Center, Little River
LifeQuest Health & Fitness Center, Little River
Grand Strand Coffee Bar, Calabash (also accepts donations for shipping costs)
RE/MAX Beach & Country
2126 Hwy 9 East Building C, Ste 4, Longs, SC 29568 | Phone:(843) 399-9242
or for pick-up: call Sherry @ 843-421-0657 or email: co-chair@cclittleriver.org
Donation checks may be made out to Operation Paperback and mailed to:
Operation Paperback
4346 Oakwood Circle
Little River, SC 29566
In addition to sending books to our troops, Operation Paperback has just launched a new initiative of sending free books to our heroes' families that we hope you will be inspired to support.
We are thanking our military families everywhere (including children of wounded warriors) by providing them with a FREE shipment of books!
We need gently-used books for children of all ages, infant through teens, as well as paperback fiction for spouses.Please also consider having a book drive in your church or school so that our children and youth may have the opportunity to share their books with children whose Moms or Dads are serving in our Military.
SIGN UP ACTIVE SERVICE MEMBERS TO RECEIVE BOOKS:
Books from THE LITTLE RIVER AREA shipped to our troops:
| DATE SHIPPED | # BOOKS SHIPPED | TOTAL BOOKS SHIPPED TO DATE |
July '05 - Dec '07 | 3216 | 3216 |
2008 | 1733 | 4949 |
| 2009 | 2053 | 7002 |
| 2010 | 1949 | 8951 |
| 2011 | 3110 | 12,061 |
| Jan '12 | 308 | 12,369 |
Recent thank you's from troops:
Dear Ms Higginbottom,
Thank you for your recent book donation to the Futenma USO in Okinawa, Japan. They will make a nice addition to our reading room.
Lee K)
Shift Supervisor
Sherry Higginbottom,
I thank you very much for your shipment of books that has been received and enjoyed very much. It really means a lot to us and we thank you so much for your support. Take care and stay safe.
Gregory H.
Good Morning,
... onboard the USS BOXER and in behalf of the sailors in our medical department, we would like to thank you wholeheartedly for the wonderful books we received in the mail today ! We are so excited and eager to start reading them ! I wanted to also thank you for all the warm wishes. We hope to return home safe in the near future !
Very Respectfully,
HM1(SW/AW)Genena P
Thank you very much for the recent shipment of books. The Soldiers, Seamen, and Airmen at our unit are always excited when I get a box of books. We appreciate this ongoing gift of books from Operation Paperback.org, and work of the volunteers that make it happen.
Thank you,
SFC Daniel
Afghanistan
Thanks for sending books for us to read. I've put them in our MWR, so people can pick the ones they like.
Blessings,
Steve
Afghanistan
Your shipment of books arrived today. They are greatly appreciated. We are a small base high (7,700ft) in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan and the books provide a bit of rest from our everyday work. Attached is a photo of a recent bit of snow that came our way.
Thanks again for your support and caring,
DALE
LTC, FA
Thank you very much for your delivery of the box of books. They have already been distributed and disappeared. Unfortunately, we do not have a library of books and these are appreciated.
Sincerely'
Leonard
MAJOR, (OF-3) USA
A copy of the following letter is enclosed with each box shipped:
Hello Service Member!
These books were sent to you from folks in the Myrtle Beach, SC area. We hope that you (and those you share them with) enjoy them.
We would also like to take this opportunity to say “Thank You” from the bottom of our hearts to all of you – for all you do and all you sacrifice on behalf of keeping America free. We wish you success and a safe return home.
God bless you,
Sherry Higginbottom, Co-chair
Community Coalition of Little River
Email: co-chair@cclittleriver.org
Website: www.cclittleriver.org
P.S. We will continue to collect as many books as we can and ship to addresses provided by Operation Paperback. Please encourage fellow Service Members to contact Operation Paperback (either directly or through family members) and put their names on the Operation Paperback shipping list!
OPERATION PAPERBACK Headquarters:
Operation Paperback / PO Box 347 / Dunstable, MA 01827
Website: www.operationpaperback.org
Tel: 214-602-1726
Email: TroopSupport@operationpaperback.org
Operation Paperback is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization