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Help Get Books to Children with The Children's Book Bank
ORGANIZATION: The Children's Book Bank
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6 people are interested
For children in poverty, one of the biggest obstacles to literacy development (which begins at birth) is the scarcity of books in the home. While the ratio of books to children in middle-income neighborhoods is approximately 13 books to 1 child, the ratio in low-income neighborhoods is a mere 1 book to 300 children. The Children's Book Bank works to narrow the book gap by providing the community with a place for families to donate the books their children have outgrown, moving thousands and thousands of children's books into the homes of kids in need.
Please come lend a hand as we spruce-up community donated books which will later be distributed to low-income preschool children in the Portland area! Every gently-used donated book is inspected and cleaned by volunteers. Tasks include wiping covers, taping torn pages, erasing scribbles, covering inscriptions, and reinforcing worn spines.
Volunteers 6 and up are welcome to volunteer with a parent/guardian.
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About The Children's Book Bank
Location:
1915 NE 7th Ave, Portland, OR 97212, US
Mission Statement
The mission of The Children's Book Bank is to increase the chances for children to succeed as future readers, learners, and citizens by filling their homes and lives with quality books.
Description
The Children’s Book Bank began when Founder and Executive Director Danielle Swope decided to find a way to give the stacks of books her children had outgrown. Inspired by her own experiences as a Teach for America teacher and a parent, Dani wanted to ensure that her children’s books got into the hands of kids who might not otherwise have books of their own at home. She contacted a local Head Start program that was happy to receive her family’s books and took her kids on a field trip to deliver them. Within a week her phone was ringing off the hook with people looking for the "Book Lady" and asking to sign up for her "program." Clearly, the community had a need for books! After a few pilot book drives, it became clear that the community ALSO had a supply of books to give. The missing piece was a sustainable system to get the books off shelves and into the hands and homes of kids in need. The Children’s Book Bank was created to fill that void by engaging the community in collecting, sorting, and distributing donated children’s books.
Since becoming a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2008, The Children’s Book Bank has organized over 10,000 community volunteers to channel over 650,000 books into the hands and homes of over 50,000 children in need in the Portland area.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1915 NE 7th AvePortland, OR 97212
DATE POSTED
February 12, 2018
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 6
- 2 hours