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Ridgewood NJ, Bookends Bookstore Sets Up A Go Fund Me :
In the 35 years since we opened, we have worked hard to be the bookstore we felt this community deserved: A lively bookstore, with events, book clubs, a passionate staff, a well-curated selection, and a meaningful place within the community. Over the years, we have proudly created jobs, brought the world’s best authors to New Jersey paid our fair share of taxes, supported small and independent publishers and voices, given back to nonprofits and schools, and built a community.
But now we are faced with Covid-19 and the fact that we are closed to the public, we are running out of cash to pay our rent, utilities, payroll, liabilities and publishers, and make sure we have enough cash on-hand to re-open once we make it through.
We are asking for your immediate support. Walter and I have some emergency life savings and will use it to make sure this store keeps going, but the road ahead looks bleak and uncertain, and unless there are major changes both locally and nationwide, it will not be enough. The loans I’ve seen currently proposed by state and federal governments is not an option for us, as it simply does not make financial sense for us to take out a loan without any indication we can re-open soon or generate meaningful income to pay them off. So, like so many small business owners who are facing similar situations, we are using this fundraising campaign as an additional effort to support the store.
Funds given to this campaign will help us weather this storm and make sure we can ultimately reach our goal, which is to keep this business afloat and exist in downtown Ridgewood for many more years. This campaign will help support Bookends Bookstore both in the immediate and over the next several months, and longer.
If you can give any amount, we are truly grateful. If not, there are other ways to support us buying gift cards, ordering books online our website
Thank you for allowing us to be part of your lives. When Walter and I first opened this store, we imagined a lively bookstore, a store where we meet some great authors, celebrate books and be together!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-bookends-bookstore
So…
No money from all of those big name high net worth celebrities who came to sign (sell) books and make money off Bookends.
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Typical.
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I just ordered a book through their website.
That’s not how it works. The celebrities draw crowds who buy their books. The bookstore makes extra sales. This benefits both the celebrities and the store.
i don’t understand this:
” The loans I’ve seen currently proposed by state and federal governments is not an option for us, as it simply does not make financial sense for us to take out a loan without any indication we can re-open soon or generate meaningful income to pay them off. ”
Feds are giving away a loan that will be forgiven at the end if you keep the employees on payroll.
in business 35 yrs…closed for 3 weeks and seeking $100k?
take the sba loan from the govt…pay ur staff and it converts to a grant…
Residents are hurting also, donations to every business is difficult and not sustainable. Where are the landlords and town giving deferrals for rent or taxes. This can’t be just about taxpayers shouldering the burden.