Did you know more than 60% of low-income children have no age-appropriate books at home? Bright Star Books works to end this book ownership gap by collecting new and gently used children’s books, and getting them to limited-resource families in Greater Akron.
Bright Star Books’ gives away about 50,000 donated children’s books every year. Our biggest book-giving partnership is with Summit County WIC clinics, which serve more than 6,000 children from birth to age five, where children receive pre-packed bags of about 5 age-appropriate books twice a year. Bright Star Books is looking for volunteers to help us make these weekly book deliveries to our partner clinics.
Volunteers must have a valid driver’s license, be able to safely move boxes of books weighing up to forty pounds, a vehicle able to hold 5-6 boxes of books, and be available M-F between 8am and 3pm. A wheeled cart will be available for your use.
For many of the children we serve, the books they receive for BSB are the only age-appropriate books they will have at home. You could be a critical part of the pipeline moving books from families that have outgrown them to the children who need them most!
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
1357 Home Avenue, 1357 Home Avenue, Akron, OH 44310, US
The mission of Bright Star Books, Inc. is to promote a culture of reading by increasing access to and ownership of books for limited-resource children in the Greater Akron region. We aim to do this at the earliest possible age to ensure children grow up habituated to the potential of books as sources of learning and joy.
Bright Star Books gives books primarily through our two key programs: Growing Young Readers and Free Book Fairs, which are targeted to reach the children in Greater Akron least likely to have age-appropriate books at home.
Growing Young Readers is our partnership with the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants & Children (WIC) of Summit County, through which we distribute gently used, developmentally appropriate children’s books to their clients, serving thousands of low-income children from birth to age five.
Our Free Book Fairs, in partnership with Akron Public Schools and the Akron YMCA, let elementary and middle-school aged children pick reading level age-appropriate books to take home.
Every year, Bright Star Books gives away more than 50,000 books.
1357 Home AvenueAkron, OH 44310
August 6, 2024
