Buy a book for a buck and support MCC-Blue River's Phi Theta Kappa chapter

The minute you enter Metropolitan Community College-Blue River’s Campus Center, you’ll notice two smiling faces beside several carts of books. The faces belong to Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society president Dawinderpreet Brar and Donald Alexander. Brar and Alexander are actually selling the used books for $1 to ensure “no books go to waste”.

Have you ever wondered what happens to books not re-purchased by the campus Book Store? Well, Blue River’s Phi Theta Kappa has cultivated an intriguing evolution that offers new life to pre-owned textbooks and other reading materials. Here's how it works: books not “bought back” by the Book Store are forwarded to the student organization.

After which, an interesting progression ensues.

Once they receive the books, Phi Theta Kappa sends them to retailer Better World Books, who then forwards them to needy countries around the world. Books that don’t make the Better World Books cut are returned to Phi Theta Kappa for on-campus sales like the one today.

Brar says “many of the books can be used for reference and personal reading." All books remaining from this week’s fundraiser will simply be given away to students for free. If, for some reason, unwanted books still remain, Phi Theta Kappa will send them back to Better World Books for recycling.

Both Brar and Alexander will be in the Campus Center until 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 2. All proceeds will benefit Phi Theta Kappa.