Save Many Rivers Books & Tea!

We now have a donor matching up to $20,000 total donations!

Founders Rob Schmidt and Stuart Goodnick are retiring. Grady Kallenbach and Karl Frederick plan to keep the store going, form the Many Rivers Foundation, and expand our community outreach and sales.

To expand Many Rivers’ value to the community we will:

1. Form Many Rivers Foundation, a 501(c)3 community educational resource, (In the interim, Rob and Stuart will provide temporary 501(c)3 fiscal sponsorship through Tayu Order, Inc. while we seek approval/certification for the new foundation.)

2. Resume pre-Covid store hours and offerings

o Host weekly Thursday night book launches, performances, and speaker events

o Open Sunday hours Noon – 4 PM

o Host monthly tea tastings

3. Enhance the website’s functionality and ease of use

o Update book and tea inventory for sale. Add high value/collector/rare editions

o Add podcasts and online discussion groups

We Need Your Help to Survive and Thrive!

Beyond the projected sales income of $190K, about $60K will be needed from:

Grady and Karl: We have committed to ~ $20K through initial lease loan of ~$5K and volunteer labor of ~$15K.

Community: we need ~ $40K through individual and organizational donations.

AN ANONYMOUS DONOR HAS JUST GENEROUSLY OFFERED TO MATCH ALL DONATIONS UP TO A TOTAL OF $20,000!