NBS FOUNDATION
FOR MORE THAN EIGHTY YEARS, National Book Store, Inc. (NBS), the Philippines largest books and supplies store, has been providing the consumer affordable educational commodities. Part of the company's core values is to help underprivileged children.
Thus, in 2004 NBS has established the National Book Store Foundation, Inc. (NBSFI) as it's social arm responsible for the implementation of the company's efforts to uplift the lives of underprivileged children through education empowerment.
OUR VISION
We envision a future where all children
are educated and are in schools.
OUR MISSION
We aim to provide every child access
to quality education.
PROJECTS
PROJECT ARAL
NBSFI's back to school initiative that aims to solicit and gather school materials which we distibute to students from the most impoverished areas of the country.
PROJECT AKLAT BOOK DRIVE
Annual Christmas books drive implemented in all National Book Store branches.
The project aims to encourage NBS patrons to purchase and donate cheap but good quality reading materials for distribution to school nationwide.
DRY LIBRARY: MITCH ALBOM-NBSFI PROJECT
A partnership project between NBSFI and A Hole in the Roof presented by bestselling author Mitch Albom to construct ten dome libraries for the affected schools in Tacloban after typhoon Yolanda.
Popular authors from JK Rowling to Jeff Kinnley donated books with their signatures.
READ OUT LOUD CHALLENGE
Spread the love for reading by participating in the National Book Store Read Out Loud Challenge to help set-up libraries across the nation.
For every 75 videos posted, National Book Store will help set up one library in a public school. For 7,500 videos and more, 100 public schools will get library makeovers!
