Gone Reading

Not long ago we were contacted by Gone Reading a website that sends all of its profits to charity. The charity's goal is to start and maintain libraries in countries that cannot provide libraries on their own. If that sounds up your alley, why not click on over and check them out.

More about them from their website:

Philanthropic Startup Markets Gifts for Readers & Book Lovers

GoneReading – the lifestyle brand of gifts for readers – pledges 100% of profits to charity.

Gone Reading International – maker of the GoneReading brand of gifts for readers – was founded to bring the
magic of reading to places where it doesn’t exist. “We believe that when people have open access to great reading
materials, life always changes for the better,” says founder Brad Wirz.

That’s why GoneReading uses all year-end profits to fund new reading libraries and other literacy projects in the
developing world. By purchasing GoneReading brand products, you’re changing the world while treating your
friends and family to great gifts.

During a volunteer trip to Central America in 2010, Wirz helped to build a library in the middle of the Honduran
jungle. “Hundreds of villages, thousands of people, had basically no access to books or reading materials at all.
That just blew my mind,” says Wirz.

The result is GoneReading and its unique brand of gifts for the reading lifestyle. GoneReading gifts feature original
designs and slogans, examples of which are shown below. Each design is available for purchase on an array of
apparel, drink ware, book bags, baby clothing, pet products and more.