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Ready to help us make a difference? There are many ways to get involved:
Give one book or many.
Donate one or many new children's books. Mood Makers Books in Village Gate continues to support the drive as both a drop-off point and a great local source for new books. Contact REF about dropping off new books at our office. Click here for all the details.
Donate funds to buy a book.
Give funds for books to be purchased by REF. A paperback costs only about $5! Click here to learn how.
Contribute funds to buy many books or to support the drive.
Donate funds for a classroom of students ($150) or support an entire grade (about $1,000). Tell us if your donation should go to individual students for books to take home, or to a school library. We'll make sure the books go where you want them to go. Or consider a general REF contribution to help us expand and improve the drive. Click here to get started.
Buy specific books through REF.
Do you have a book you adored? Do you believe every 10-year-old should read Charlotte's Web? We will buy the books you want to donate and distribute them. Click here to choose from lists of favorite books chosen by city school librarians and students. Or click here to make a donation and tell us what titles you'd like us to buy.
Support a city school book club.
Many high schools have book clubs. A donation of any size can support the purchase of books for these clubs at a school library or books for these reading lovers to bring home. Click here to make a targeted donation.
Help distribute books received during the Give Back, Give Books campaign.
Our initial campaign was a great success, and now we have thousands of books to distribute! We are currently forming teams to help staff book fairs during which individual students select a special book for themselves. Please contact us at 271-5790 or info@rochestereducation.org if you are interested in working as part of a group to help students select books.
Run a book drive.
Are you interested in collecting books at your workplace or your organization in support of this project? Please contact us at 271-5790 or info@rochestereducation.org.
You'll want to have some literature in hand as a basis for talking about the Give Back, Give Books campaign with your organization. Here are two pieces to get you started:
Once you've decided you would like to run a drive, we'll ask you about the following:
- Tell us if you would like a poster to display.
- Tell us if you would like to be matched with a library, a school, a class or a book club. We'll do the work and get back to you. If you are matched with a library, the librarian will give you a special "wish list."
- Tell us if you have a school you prefer to support.
- Tell us if you'd like to hold a portable book sale for the drive at your organization or workplace.
- Review the lists of books on this website for suggested donations.
- If you choose to support the drive with a cash donation, we will put your donation to work in the way you prefer.
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