The Books for Keeps Thrift Store Tour is underway! Our goal: 5,000 or more books for $.75 each or less. See the top right side of the page for a running count on our progress so far.
There are nearly 200 possible stops on the tour… can you “adopt a stop” so that I won’t have to skip any of them? All it takes is $50 – my average purchase last year. Just click the Donate button on the top-left side of the page; in the memo line tell me which stop you’d like to adopt. Or send a check to PO Box 49761, Athens, GA 30604.
Next up: Atlanta. The Atlanta thrifts are part of why my average purchase is so large… I find many, many books at Atlanta Goodwill stores. This is going to be fun!
Thrift Store Leg # 2: Athens to Atlanta
This is a two-day trip covering the northeast part of metro Atlanta. (Still working on dates for the rest of Atlanta.)
Tues June 19th – Weds June 20th
1. Winder
– Goodwill (Dean F, Athens)
2. Buford
– Goodwill Hamilton Mill (Jeanine R, Athens)
– Goodwill Buford Hwy (Leigh N, Athens)
3. Johns Creek
– Goodwill (this is a big one – somebody please adopt it!)
4. Roswell
– Goodwill (Rama V, Atlanta)
– Salvation Army (Jennifer G, Athens)
5. Sandy Springs
– Goodwill Johnson Ferry (Lori H, Atlanta)
– Goodwill Perimeter Center (Lori H, Atlanta)
6. Atlanta
– Goodwill Roswell Rd. (Emilie F, Atlanta)
– Junior League Nearly New (Leigh S, Atlanta)
– Goodwill, Northside (Leigh S, Atlanta)
– Salvation Army, Marietta St.
– Goodwill, Buford Hwy.
7. Duluth
– Goodwill
– Salvation Army
8) Lawrenceville
– Goodwill
Sneak Preview: Leg #3 – Eastern TN and Western NC
June 26 – 29
I’m picking up 10 boxes of books from the Sacred Heart school book drive in Knoxville and staying with one of my oldest friends. What a great excuse to hit the thrifts in eastern Tennessee! And I’ll take a different route home, through western North Carolina. Adopt a Stop, and help make this leg possible.
1. Cleveland TN – Goodwill
2. Athens TN – Goodwill
3. Lenoir City TN – Goodwill
4. Knoxville TN
– Goodwill Kingston Pike
– Goodwill Western Ave
– Goodwill Schubert Rd
– Goodwill Broadway
– Goodwill 17th Street
5. Dandridge TN – Goodwill
6. Newport TN – Goodwill
7. Franklin NC – Goodwill
If my car isn’t full, I’ll loop through Asheville on the way home. If it is full, I’ll head to Asheville the week of July 4th. That will add 8 more stops to the tour, and they’re up for adoption too.
Adopt a Stop! Click the Donate button at the top left side of the page,