Combining Books With a Great Cause

PBP is not the only organization that combines a love of books with a great social cause. The Used Bookstore Café in New York City's funky SoHo neighborhood is an gorgeous old-time retail bookstore of 2 floors of used books (with the modern addition of a coffee bar, of course). Books are well-organized into fiction and non-fiction categories for easy browsing. Amazingly, the store and café are staffed entirely with volunteers! All proceeds fund Housing Works, the nation's largest community-based AIDS service organization. Housing Works is a minority-controlled organization dedicated to providing housing, healthcare, job training, and vital supportive services to homeless people with AIDS and HIV. Book donations are accepted, and volunteers are always needed.

With such a beautifully well-stocked store, which benefits such an great cause, its impossible to leave without buying something! Be sure to visit on your next trip to NYC.

Details: http://www.housingworks.org/usedbookcafe/
Address: 126 Crosby Street (SoHo), NYC 10012.
Tel: (212) 334-3324

Pam B.
PBP-volunteer, used bookstore connoisseur, and frequent NYC visitor