2 Easy Ways to Send Your Books
Ship or Drop-off
Please pack your books in a sturdy carton. Stack them like bricks at both ends of the carton, not on their spines, and fill remaining space with newspaper or small paperbacks. Please tape the carton securely, and label it Bridge to Asia (If you are sending multiple cartons, please mark them 1/X ... X/X.)
Books coming without boxes may be refused by staff at the docks in all locations, since space is donated. Please be considerate and try your best to limit the weight of each cartoon around 45 pounds.
For mailing rates, please see sidebar on the right.
Shipping: choose from 3 addresses
Bridge to Asia
MEB Distributing
25014 Viking Street
Hayward, CA 94545-2704
Bridge to Asia
Follett Higher Education Group
8950 West Palmer Street
River Grove, IL 60171
Bridge to Asia
c/o Round the World (USA)
1440 Francisco Street
Torrance, CA 90501-1313
Drop-off: 4 locations
1. Bay Area: East Bay/Hayward
MEB Distributing
25014 Viking Street
Hayward, CA 94545-2704
The Hayward facility accepts walk-in donations from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday (except legal holidays).
For 2012 Christmas Break, MEB plans to close at Noon on Monday, 24th, all of Tuesday and Wednesday. Opening at 8 am on Thursday, 27th.
2. Bay Area: Peninsula/Palo Alto
The Stanford Bookstore accepts donations from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please call Bridge to Asia in advance with any questions about delivering to the Bookstore, and again after you have dropped off your books so we can acknowledge your gift. Deliveries accepted only through loading dock while staff present. Please contact Shipping and Receiving department for any questions about delivering to the bookstore.
3. Chicago Area
Bridge to Asia
Follett Higher Education Group
8950 West Palmer Street
River Grove, IL 60171
The Follett collection point is open weekdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. No appointment is necessary. All donations must be boxed securely and marked "Bridge To Asia". If you have any questions, please contact Peter Tancula at 1-800-322-6223 x2174.
4. Southern California
Bridge to Asia
c/o Round the World (USA)
1440 Francisco Street
Torrance, CA 90501-1313
The warehouse is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please call Maggie Chen at 310-781-7899 extension 102 to arrange a time for dropping off your books.
Contact Us: Receive Acknowledgement and IRS Receipt
After you have sent or delivered your books, please notify us by email (nxliu@pacbell.net) or phone (415-678-2990), and we will mail you a letter of thanks and an IRS form for claiming your tax benefit.
Your out-of-pocket expenses (packing materials, shipping costs) are tax deductible together with the value of your books.
We appreciate the hard work of packing, lifting, and mailing books and magazines, and regret all the more that we cannot reimburse you for shipping or mailing costs.
Media Mail Rate
You are permitted to use MediaMail Rate, formerly known as Special Standard Mail. As of May 1, 2009, this rate is approximately US$19.38 per 50 pounds, for materials such as the following: "books (at least 8 pages),...printed music,
printed test materials, sound recordings, play scripts, printed educational charts, loose-leaf pages and binders consisting
of medical information, and computer-readable media." (USPS Quick Service Guide 730-Package Services-Media Mail)
You may need to cite this regulation at your Post Office
if the clerk questions your use
of the rate. You can print an overview of the Media Mail Regulation from the USPS Web site.
Letter from a donor
"Yesterday, as I taped shut the last box of books from my library. I felt a tugging inside me and I wept. They were not tears of sadness, although I shall miss these old friends of mine. And they were not tears of joy, since there is little to be joyous about in the world today. They were tears that hope evokes—hope in knowing there are younger people with fresh ideas and the determination to make things better who will carry on."
Gordon F. Williams, M.D.