100 of your favorite authors/illustrators/celebrities have come together to support booksellers and their families. These talented individuals have turned humble ceramic piggy banks into works of art to raise funds to support the Binc Foundation.
Binc (The Book Industry Charitable Foundation) is the only non-profit that provides financial assistance to bookstore employees who have a financial need arising from an unexpected hardship and/or emergency circumstance. From a broken arm to a cancer diagnosis to a death in one’s family to housing stability to natural disasters – Binc is there for our country’s booksellers.To make a difference, please bid on these lovely piggy banks, consider making a donation directly to Binc, and/or simply share this auction on your social media using the hashtag, #charityauction, #bankonbooksellers, #thinkbinc
Did your favorite author or illustrator decorate a piggy bank for the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation’s Bank on Booksellers auction? Check out the full list of participating authors, illustrators, and celebrities at the auction site. Start following your favorites, then start bidding when the auction launches on September 9th, 12pm EDT (9am PDT).