Helping SIBA: Our NVNR Partner & Friends Need Us - UPDATE

Hurricane Helene has has caused a great deal of devastation and destruction to our friends in the SIBA region. SIBA estimates that 200 independent bookstores were in the path of this hurricane. Stores are reporting physical damage, loss of power and utilities, and inability to contact employees to verify their safety. Some communities are isolated due to roads being washed away or still being under water, loss of internet access, and some are even facing a lack of access to basic supplies. Even once repairs and recovery begin, there is going to be a long road to recovery for all.

As always, Binc is there to help booksellers in need, as well as provide a way for others to help those booksellers. Thanks to Macmillan Publishers, gifts made to the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation will have double the impact. Macmillan will match all gifts, regardless of size, up to $10,000 to meet the needs of the more than 200 bookstores and comic shops and thousands of store employees potentially impacted by Hurricane Helene. Binc has already received 15 calls for help from book and comic people in the path of destruction–more than 500 miles across six states.

You can help today by donating now, via this link. Let's be a part of reaching the $10000 matched goal and beyond!