Book Rich Environments book distribution event from summer 2023. (Photo credit: Tyrell Swain)
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Book Rich Environments book distribution event from summer 2023. (Photo credit: Tyrell Swain)
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Season’s Readings, everyone!
This holiday season, you can bring the joy of reading to families living in public housing communities throughout the country.
Book Rich Environments, the National Book Foundation’s farthest reaching access and education program, works in 56 communities from Tacoma, WA to Tampa, FL and from Los Angeles, CA to Springfield, MA. The National Book Foundation provides new, free, diverse books to local partners who distribute them year-round through community events that connect families with local literary resources including library cards, and other essential services.
In 2023, the National Book Foundation added six new Book Rich Environments communities: Detroit, MI; Elizabeth, NJ; Miami, FL; Oklahoma City, OK; Philadelphia, PA; Salt Lake County, UT, and distributed close to 320,000 books. In 2024 we plan to add four more new communities and reach over two million books distributed!
We have committed local partners who run community programming, generous publishers who donate books year after year, and many, many excited participants. What we don’t have is a funding source that covers the significant cost of shipping 200,000 books to over 50 communities across the country. That’s where you come in!
It costs less than $0.25 to ship a book! That means just $10 will cover the cost for 40 books, $50 for 200, and $250 covers 1,000 books—all shipped directly to a Book Rich community and into the hands of children and families. We hope you’ll support Book Rich Environments today. Your donation, of any size, will help the National Book Foundation continue to ensure that books are accessible to readers everywhere.