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Join THE FREE BOOK BUGGIE in Providing FREE Children's Books
ORGANIZATION: The Free Book Buggie
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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90 people are interested
Do you love books, reading & kids? Then, THE FREE BOOK BUGGIE needs you!
TFBB accepts, sorts, stores and gives away thousands of new and pre-loved children's books to under-served families and communities across the Twin Cities and rural Minnesota. We collaborate with other non profits, churches, food shelves, city and state organizations at events to give kids the opportunity to choose free books to have in their home. We want to show kids that reading is fun, allows them to dream, learn, go on imaginary adventures and be empowered to shape their future!
Our mission: To provide books to children and ignite a passion for reading that empowers each child to explore a world full of opportunity.
Check out our website, thefreebookbuggie.org, Facebook and Instagram.
What our volunteers do:
- Count & Sort donated books
- Pick up &/or deliver books to various locations
- Read books out loud (Virtually)
- Assist at events
- Build our list of organizations needing books
- Support our mission financially
More opportunities with The Free Book Buggie
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About The Free Book Buggie
Location:
759 Cougar Drive, Eagan, MN 55123, US
Mission Statement
Mission: To provide books to children and ignite a passion for reading that empowers each child to explore a world of opportunity. Vision: We envision a world where all children have their own home library and become lifelong learners through the joy of reading. Our aim is to accept new and pre-loved children's books, keep them out of landfills and give them all away to children across Minnesota and beyond. We value our core belief that ALL children deserve the right to access age-appropriate books to have in their homes. We are proud of our all-volunteer organization and look forward to growing and having Free Book Buggies bookin' it across Minnesota!
Description
The Free Book Buggie is a non profit that is passionate about books and sharing the love of reading with all children. Our goal is to provide age-appropriate books that show children reading is fun, allow them to dream, learn, go on adventures, and be empowered to shape their future.
What we do:
- collect thousands of donated books
- sort our books by reading levels, baby up to high school chapter
- fill the Buggie with books & travel to events across the Twin Cities
- empower children to choose books THEY like
- volunteer "reading buddies" provided at certain events
- supply children's books to organizations in need
- partner with over 300 organizations
- restock empty Little Free Libraries!
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Multiple locations Minneapolis, MN 55450
DATE POSTED
December 20, 2021
SKILLS
- Literacy / Reading
- Youth Services
- Child Development
- Reading / Writing
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Your volunteer time and skills are very valuable. We appreciate any amount of time that you can commit to empowering our children's lives.
- Our volunteers range in age from 8 to 88! We have a variety of volunteer opportunities to choose from that we know will be fun and rewarding.