To make a book donation request, please contact Acacia O'Connor at
aoconnor@publishers.org
Book Donation Initiatives for AAP Members
Family Literacy Night
The Center for Civic Engagement at Washington State University"This spring we are hosting a Family Literacy Night in one of the rural towns in conjunction with International Children’s Book Day. This free event will take place on March 24th and we would love to give books out to the students that attend. At the Literacy Night we will be providing parents with information about reading strategies and have many literacy related activities for the children. Providing books to the families is an essential component in promoting literacy development in the home, however, with a limited budget, we do not have the means to purchase a book for every student.
"We expect 50-60 children to attend this family night and would love each child to go home with at least one book. If your organization is able to contribute any books for the children in Palouse and Garfield, Washington it would be greatly appreciated. We need books for grades K-5 reading levels, especially chapter books for children in the 3rd through 5th grades. Thank you for your consideration and time."
For more information, or to send materials, contact:
Shannon Johnson
School Partnerships Coordinator
Center for Civic Engagement
shajohnson@wsu.edu100 Dairy Rd.
Center for Civic Engagement
Pullman, WA 99164-7204
Solas Nua
Books by Irish authors and of Irish interest
Jan.-March 2009
Every St. Patrick's Day Solas Nua's Staff and Volunteers rise before dawn and undertake their largest single event all year. Through the generosity of publishers, the Verbal Arts Centre in Derry and the Irish Arts Council, Solas Nua solicits over 5,000 books by acclaimed Irish poets, playwrights and novelists and give away those books on the streets of Washington D.C. The organization starts with the city's morning commute and continue until the books run out, often running late into the night.
Solas Nua needs books in order to continually spread this appreciation for Irish literature in the Nation's capitol.To donate Irish books, please contact:
Linda Murray
Artistic Director
www.solasnua.org
Tel:(202)315-1317
Fax:(202)595-1915
Missouri Girls Town
Reading Materials for Young Women
Missouri Girls Town provides residential care for adolescent girls between the ages of eight and twenty-one who are in need of a therapeutic structured living environment to address emotional and behavioral disorders. Within the State of Missouri Guidelines, Missouri Girls Town is licensed to provide services for 56 total girls in Care Levels 3 and 4, Transitional Living, Structured and Unstructured Scatters-site apartments. Client referrals are accepted from the Children’s Division, Juvenile Offices, Department of Mental Health, Adoption Subsidy and private placement.
Our mission is to help every girl in our care gain a new start on life. MGT serves clients who have been sexually abused, physically abused, or severely neglected as well as those who are emotionally disturbed or suffer from behavioral and attachment disorders. The goal is to prepare clients to transition to a less restrictive living environment, which may include returning home, entering foster care, or graduating to an independent living program.
The library at Missouri Girls Town is outdated and some of the girls use reading as a way to deal with feelings and emotions in a positive way. For example when they are stressed or angry, they will read and it calms them down. Getting to the library off campus isn’t the easiest task to complete for most of the girls, so the library on campus is all they have. If the library included more current books in good condition the girls would read more and this would help them to be more successful in the classroom as well as in their future endeavors, including college. Any donation you are willing to give would be helpful and the staff as well as the residents would be grateful!
Nicki Knight
Missouri Girls Town
BSW Intern
nichole.knight@williamwoods.edu
417-569-7195Address where donations can be sent:
Attn: Nicki Knight
Missouri Girls Town
8548 Jade Rd.
Kingdom City, MO 65262
Open Door Clubhouse
Fiction and Non-Fiction for Adult Education
Fall 2008
Open Door Clubhouse is a community formed to grant support to individuals who have histories of psychiatric illness. Through participation in a Clubhouse people are given the opportunities to reconnect with family and friends and reenter the worlds of education and employment. Clubhouses also afford members access to the services they may need on an individual basis.
Many participants in the Clubhouse program have had their plans for the future and educations disrupted by their illnesses. Some do not complete their college degrees and others have not completed their high school diplomas. The Clubhouse aids these individuals through educational initiatives which helps prepare members for employment opportunities.
Philadelphia's chapter of Open Door Clubhouse is looking to expand its small library to help further their educational efforts. Donating books of general interest to adults will help the Clubhouse expand its work for individuals who are seeking to get back on their feet and return to their lives.
If you are able to donate, please contact:
Elizabeth Breuer
Charlotte Chanarong
Peter Bragg
phone: 215-427-5763 x114
fax: 215-427-5872
3147 Emerald Street
Philadelphia, PA 19134
The BIG Book Club
Amachi Texas and Big Brothers Big Sisters
Amachi Texas is a statewide joint initiative in partnership with the Office of the Governor, Texas Workforce Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Education Agency, OneStar Foundation and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Texas.
Amachi Texas serves “invisible children” who have a family member incarcerated or on parole or probation by matching them with a safe, caring adult in a one-to-one mentoring relationship. For most children it is their first exposure to a loving, stable, and productive atmosphere.
Amachi Texas’ BIG Book Club is designed to encourage Bigs and Littles across the state to read together and, as a result, positively enhance their relationship, establish a lifelong love for reading, and improve the Little’s academic scores. By donating, The BIG Book Club can provide books to matches and for group reads, create discussion questions for the books, and plan activities to celebrate reading.
If you are able to donate please contact:
Shelby Rhoten
phone: 972.573.2378
Reader To Reader, Inc. Book Donations for U.S. Schools
Reader To Reader, Inc., an award-winning 501(c)(3) public charity is dedicated to bringing books, free of charge, to needy school libraries around the United States. The organization serves over 200 of the nation's poorest public schools and colleges and spans grades pre-k through college.
With 60% of underprivileged children not owning even a single book, a well-stocked school library is a critical resource hub that is a necessity not a luxury. Among the communities served are schools in the nation's poorest communities, including inner-city schools, Native American Reservations, and poor rural towns. Publisher's surplus books represent an invaluable resource for poor communities where there is literally no budget at all for book acquisition, and the librarians struggle to keep their time-worn books in readable condition.
Please contact:
David Mazor, Executive Director
Reader To Reader, Inc.
24 Mt. View Circle
Amherst, MA 01002
phone: 413-256-8595dmazor@readertoreader.org
www.readertoreader.org
Donations are tax-deductible
Michigan Friends of Education
Michigan Friends of Education is an affiliate of the Library of Michigan and works toward a better tomorrow by increasing the academic achievements and reading skills of children and needy adults in Michigan. The program rescues beautiful, usable books and materials from being destroyed by soliciting donations from publishers and distributors who have overstocked or outdated inventory. These books are then provided at no cost to a wide variety of social organizations that serve the needy. This includes disadvantaged readers, the ill, the incarcerated, senior citizens, and the handicapped. Michigan Friends of Education serves an estimated 855,000 people.
By donating books, magazines, craft supplies, and literary enhancing items, Michigan Friends of Education works as a cooperative network to qualified social organizations on an equal per-capita basis as opposed to first come, first served.
If you are able to donate, please contact:
Kitty Gailey or Suzi Schroeder
Michigan Friends of Education (MFE)
P.O. Box 183
171 Kuhn Street
Gregory, MI 48137
phone: (743) 498-3003 or 1-800-846-8876
With Wings & a Halo
Providing books to children of all ages during an emergency/crisis situation
"With Wings & a Halo" is currently seeking donations of childrens' books for ages toddler to pre-teen. The books will be included in packets to be distributed by local police and emergency medical volunteers to children during a crisis situation.
The purpose of "With Wings and a Halo - R.E.A.C.H. a Child" is to reach out to children across America that find themselves in a crisis situation, whether they are being treated in a Children's Hospital, a Natural Disaster Area Shelter or children who are temporarily homeless or in distress.
If you are able to donate books please contact:
Paul S. Gilbertson-Co-Founder
Chris A. Gilbertson-Co-Founder
407 Augusta Drive
Waunakee, WI 53597
phone: (866) 992-6324
The Interfaith Caregiver Volunteer Program
The Interfaith Caregiver Volunteer Program is a grassroots program whose mission is to help the homebound and frail elderly remain in their own home as long as possible. In its ninth year, the program provides home visits, assistance to those with poor vision, escorts to medical and other needed appointments, shopping assistance, and telephone reassurance. The program is not funded by any City, State, or Corporate entity and depends solely on donations and fundraising. The program is in need of a well-rounded selection of books including Mystery, Fiction, Non-fiction, Biographies and Autobiographies, History, Romance, Science Fiction, Children’s, Religious, How-To and Self-Help books. If you are able to donate please contact:
Grace Bova
Project Director
Interfaith Caregivers
2975 Independence Avenue
Bronx, NY 10463
phone: (718) 548-1700 x477
Robert F. Wagner Middle School
The office of New York City Council Member Dan Garodnick is holding a book drive for Robert F. Wagner Middle School, located in New York City. Wagner Middle School is a large, ethnically diverse school of 1,300 students, 35 percent of whom receive free lunch. The new school library is in need of books for 4th through 12th grade reading levels, with a particular emphasis on 6th through 8th grade-level. Fiction and nonfiction are welcome. If you are able to donate books please contact:
Office of Council Member Garodnick
Attn: Brian Goldberg or Dan Pasquini
211 East 43rd St.
New York, NY 10017
phone: 212- 818-0580
garodbookdrive@gmail.com
Christian City
Christian City is a 40 year old, non-profit, charitable organization, which provides homes, healthcare and supportive services to 1,100 seniors and children at its campus in Union City, Georgia. In the pursuit of providing quality services to its residents, the organization has built a new library and reading area that can house thousands of volumes. Christian City welcomes book donations of any kind but is especially interested in items for the visually impaired community. If you are able to donate books please contact:
Christopher Loga, ADC
Christian City
7300 Lester Road
Union City, GA 30291
phone: 770-964-3301
fax: 770-964-7041
chrisl@christian-city.org
Coalition for Community Schools
The Coalition for Community Schools is an alliance of national, state and local organizations in education K-16, youth development, community planning and development, family support, health and human services, government and philanthropy as well as national, state and local community school networks. The Coalition advocates for community schools as the vehicle for strengthening schools, families and communities so that together they can improve student learning.
The goal of Community Schools is to address the multiple needs of children by recognizing that learning is influenced by ongoing experiences within families, schools, community-based organizations, as well as meeting the basic physical, mental and emotional needs of young people and their families.
Roosevelt Elementary School is an inner city school serving low income families in the Allentown School District of Pennsylvania. Coalition for Community Schools is looking for book donations that will go towards a books event which will enable reading outside of school, particularly during the summer.
If you are able to donate books, please contact:
Tania Vargas
Community School Coordinator
Roosevelt Elementary
phone: 484-765-4468
vargast@allentownsd.org
The Asia Foundation
Donating excess stock to Books for Asia
Books for Asia is currently seeking donations of excess stock from publishers. Created in 1954, Books for Asia has distributed more than 40 million books and materials to more than 50,000 institutions in 40 countries. The program is currently seeking donations of all types, including K-12, higher education and professional, technical and vocational books, for schools and libraries throughout the Asia-Pacific.
To donate books: identify excess stock, provide an offer list to Books for Asia, and send the requested books to the warehouse in California. For more information please visit the website at http://www.asiafoundation.org/Books/donating.html
or contact:
Gavin Tritt
Director of Books for Asia
phone: (510) 667-6476
gtritt@asiafound.org.