Help Thousands of Books Find Homes
A team of writers and activists is looking to form a nonprofit organization named Spreading Literature, with the sole goal of donating books to those who need them, want them or could use them, and they need your help to do so.
According to the group, which has setup a GoFundMe page to get their effort off the ground; “Literally thousands of books are thrown away each week at locations such as Half Price Books. Many of these locations are willing to donate these books, but they simply don’t have enough nonprofits interested.”
The group’s goal is to “establish relationships with bookstores throughout Washington State wherein they donate books to us, rather than throw them away, and we find proper homes for them (many locations we’ve spoken to are fully willing to do this, but require that we form as a nonprofit). Some of the places we would donate to include daycares, schools, libraries, community centers and nursing homes. We’ll also be accepting donations from individuals and organizations wanting to donate books directly to us.
Once established, Spreading Literature will have a fully operating website which will include a continually-updated counter of exactly how many books we’ve donated thus far.
Those wanting to donate to this effort, or contact those behind it with questions, can do so by clicking here.
– TheJointBlog