I am asked constantly, “SO, where do all those books go to? The ones you save, buy, rescue?” FYI: I ‘rescue’ books from hitting the paper-gator after library weeds at local schools. I go to book sales, people bring me books they no longer want. At one point this summer I had FOUR car/van loads of books dropped in my livingroom to sort and home to people/places that would LOVE them. The following list is where they traveled to, since I keep getting asked, I decided to list them here.
Young moms
At risk youth
Indian reservation
Hospital in New Mexico for kids to read while their sibling is being born
Summer Bookmobile
Low income children
Vacation Bible School kids
Pakistan Refugees
Parents who homeschool
Honduras
Africa
Mexico
Inner City Chicago
Chicago Lights
Inner City Detroit
Garden of Dreams Preschool Battle Creek
Calvary Schools
Youth Program at my church
Baggy Book Programs
Friends
Family
Teachers
Small schools
Men’s Recovery Center
and
Little Free Libraries all over the state of Michigan/Illinois
Today I gave out books to some little ones at a reading event for A DAY WITHOUT A WOMAN.
Books are a luxury many people take for granted. My goal is to get books into as many hands as possible to create a culture of the love of reading and learning. It’s always fun to be able to fill a need when the call comes out for books as well. Working at being the change I wish to see in the world.
Peace.
