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Having an impact is fun, easy and safe. Leverage our "how to" plans to get started promoting literacy in your community. Increase your impact by doing a book drive with your school, service organization, sports team or religious organization.
Volunteer Opportunities
Book Drives
Partner Management
Book Drives
Schools are closed and many students in underserved communities don't have access to books. Books are essential for equitable opportunities in literacy, learning, and life. Bookworm Global has donated thousands of free books at meal distribution sites, organizations serving low-income families, in distance-learning packets. Help us do m
Schools are closed and many students in underserved communities don't have access to books. Books are essential for equitable opportunities in literacy, learning, and life. Bookworm Global has donated thousands of free books at meal distribution sites, organizations serving low-income families, in distance-learning packets. Help us do more by doing a no contact book drive. Our goal is to donate books to be safely distributed to children without access to them.
Fundraising
Partner Management
Book Drives
Learn valuable fundraising strategies and grant writing. Learn networking skills and to leverage technology for fundraising. Many traditional philanthropic activities have come to a complete standstill but you can have an impact now.
Partner Management
Partner Management
Partner Management
Network to help recruit volunteers and sponsors. We currently partner with corporations, schools, service organizations, alumni associations and sports clubs.
Ambassadors
Riverside
Northern California
Los Angeles
Ella is a dystopian YA enthusiast. She has collected over 1000 books in Riverside, CA. Ella is on the leadership council at her school and looks forward to leading an in-person book drive when school resumes. Ella enjoys volunteering with Bookworm Global during the pandemic, contributing while staying safe. She currently has a book drive underway. Has collected nearly 1000 books for Bookworm Global.
Los Angeles
Northern California
Los Angeles
Noa is a bibliophile and aims to encourage others to find her same love of reading and collecting books. She gathered over 900 books in her first drive to create a lending library for an underserved school. She is currently a high school student who has participated in multiple book clubs and reading challenges. Noa has great intentions to improve literacy rates throughout her city and beyond by creating innovative book campaigns. She is interested in film, architecture, and production design.
Northern California
Northern California
Northern California
Ryland enjoys historical fiction and teen romances. Ryland collected more than 675 books for Children's Book Project during her first book drive. Ryland has trained service groups and recruited volunteers. Ryland's enthusiasm is infectious and she recruited additional volunteers for Bookworm Global. She hopes to advocate for education equity for students in East Palo Alto by promoting literacy. We are so honored to be working with Ryland.
Riverside County
SOuthern California
Northern California
Eden enjoys science fiction and dystopian novels and is featured here with her favorite book. Eden completed a very successful book drive around International Literacy Day and enjoyed it so much that she plans to do a holiday book drive. She aims to donate books to children in underserved communities as part of their holiday gifts. She hopes that receiving a book will inspire more kids to read.
Los ANgeles
SOuthern California
SOuthern California
Adar has been working hard to collect and sort books for Watts Learning Center.
SOuthern California
SOuthern California
SOuthern California
Will has helped collect and sort thousands of books. He loves reading and talking about books with his family. Will promotes recycling books to benefit the environment and because he is concerned about education equity and the growing educational gap increased by the pandemic. Will has recruited organizations to participate in book drives.
How to Bring Bookworm Global To Your Area
Before the Drive
During the Book Drive
During the Book Drive
- See a full set-up guide from Bookworm Global under forms
- Determine where the books will be donated or ask us for help info@bookwormglobal.com.
- Understand the needs of the organization where you are donating.
- What age-range or grade level are they looking to collect books for?
- How many students do they have? How many books do they need?
- Set a d
- See a full set-up guide from Bookworm Global under forms
- Determine where the books will be donated or ask us for help info@bookwormglobal.com.
- Understand the needs of the organization where you are donating.
- What age-range or grade level are they looking to collect books for?
- How many students do they have? How many books do they need?
- Set a donation goal and collection dates.
- Determine collection sites.
- Post to social media - how to under forms
- Spread the word by posting notices of the collection sites highlighting types of books you are looking for, dates of the collection, who the books will benefit and why this is an important cause.
- Email info@bookwormglobal to let us know your plans too so we can help spread the word.
During the Book Drive
During the Book Drive
During the Book Drive
- Quality control is important. Sort books by age and interest.
- Discard books that are annotated or written in.
- Make sure all of the pages are in the book and the book is in gently used condition,
- Get our guides for building awareness to expand your reach.
Distribute Books
Distribute Books
Distribute Books
You can direct ship books to the intended recipient organization or you can deliver. We have tips for safe delivering during the pandemic.
After the Drive
Distribute Books
Distribute Books
Let us know how you did. info@bookwormglobal.com
Celebrate your achievement! Lettting people know about your success continues to publicize the needs of the organization you helped and bring awareness to issues like education equality and literacy.
Champions
Jillion Weisberg
Karen Ellman Shaine
Jillion Weisberg
Jillion serves as a mentor, coach and logistics manager for Bookworm Global's youth-adult partnerships. Jillion consults with ambassaords to find meaningful projects that will help them magnify their impact.
Lee Broekman
Karen Ellman Shaine
Jillion Weisberg
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Lee is an expert in persuasion, presentation, and interpersonal communication so Bookworm Global is lucky to have her as a champion. Her energy is contagious and her contribution to the team is immense. Lee has already transported and recycled more than 2000 books for Bookworm Global.
Karen Ellman Shaine
Karen Ellman Shaine
Karen Ellman Shaine
Karen is one of the most generous people you will meet. She drove around Los Angeles and picked up approximately 1000 of the books that Bookworm Global has collected since inception. She is a tireless champion of the Bookworm Global and has contributed significantly to our efforts.
Success Story
Riverside Book Drive
Riverside Book Drive
Riverside Book Drive
The girls set out do a book drive when school started. Together they collected more than 900 books.
Process
Riverside Book Drive
Riverside Book Drive
They started by asking their mom to post on social media. They asked people to drop books at their doorstep. They also notified neighbors that they would be picking up books on specific dates. They got a LOT of books!
Sorting
Riverside Book Drive
Where Will The Books Go?
The drive ran for 3 weeks. There were more than 900 books in all. They then sorted the books. The adult and religious books were separated from the children's books because they go to different places.
Where Will The Books Go?
Where Will The Books Go?
Where Will The Books Go?
The children's books will be added to our efforts to deliver a full lending library to Braddock Street Elementary School in Culver City, CA.
The Feeling
Where Will The Books Go?
You can help too!
"The no contact book drive was really fun and easy to do. We loved collecting and sorting the books! We plan to do another book drive at Christmas."
You can help too!
Where Will The Books Go?
You can help too!
No contact book drives are easy and exciting. It is not uncommon for motivated volunteers to collect more than 500 books when using our methodology.
Watts Learning Center Partnership
Watts Learning Center
Watts Learning Center
Watts Learning Center
Watts Learning Center is a charter school in South Central Los Angeles serving approximately 400 elementary and 400 middle schoolers. 95% of the students at Watts Learning Center qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Book Drive
Watts Learning Center
Watts Learning Center
We donated more than 1000 books to Watts Learning Center in October 2020. Books were distributed as incentives to student for good behavior and perfect attendance. The school remains closed so we set out to do a book drive to ensure that each child can take home a book.
Holiday Initiative
Watts Learning Center
Volunteers Collect and Sort
We are currently collecting books to be distributed in December. Each child will receive an age appropriate, high-interest book.
Volunteers Collect and Sort
Volunteers Collect and Sort
Volunteers Collect and Sort
Volunteers spent countless hours collecing and sorting the books. They sorted by age and gender.
Wrapping
Volunteers Collect and Sort
Donation on 12-9-2020
Members of the National Charity League, LA will be helping us wrap books. Each book will be labeled for grade and gender.
Donation on 12-9-2020
Volunteers Collect and Sort
Donation on 12-9-2020
These books will likely be the only book the students have ever owned and maybe their only holiday gift.