Reading by 9 holds several book drives throughout the year, including
two long-standing book drives the Los Angeles Times Festival of
Books in the spring and the Reading by 9 Holiday Book Drive in
the fall. Books collected during these drives are matched one for
one with new books from Scholastic Inc., one of the nation's largest
publishers of children's books. With the assistance of the county
offices of education, the books are distributed to kindergarten
through third grade classrooms in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside,
San Bernardino and Ventura Counties.
Major Book Drives:
Festival of Books, April 23 & 24, 2005
Reading by 9 received donations of approximately 900 new books
at the Festival of Books on April 23 and 24, 2005. Attendees at
the Festival of Books are encouraged to bring a new or gently-used
book and donate it to Reading by 9, or to buy a new book at the
Festival to contribute.
Holiday Book Drive
Reading by 9 sponsors a book drive each October and November in partnership with
Rotary International, Goodwill Industries of Southern California, The Salvation
Army, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Council of Los Angeles, Starbucks, Kinko's,
Borders Books and Music, BookEnds, Love Ride Foundation, Skirball Cultural
Center, Center Theatre Group, Executive Women International, Los Angeles Community
College District, Stater Bros. Supermarkets and Enterprise Rent-a-Car. Donations
of kindergarten through third-grade books, both new and gently used, are accepted
at any Goodwill, Salvation Army, Kinko's or Borders locations during the two-month
period. All books collected are matched with donations of new books by Scholastic,
Inc. In 2004, the Holiday Book Drive garnered 580,000 new and gently-used books,
which were donated to schools in Reading by 9's five-county target area in
April/May 2005.
Additional Community Book Drives:
LA’s Biggest Mixer, July 21, 2005: To be held
at Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles.
Orange County Fair, July 27, 2005: Free general admission
ticket for donation of one new or three gently-used children’s
books.
Los Angeles County Fair, September 2005: Held at the
Fairplex, Pomona, CA.
You can send your books anytime to:
Los Angeles Times Reading by 9
202 W. First St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Book Drop locations:
Donations of kindergarten through third-grade books, both new and gently used,
are accepted at:
Salvation Army
Goodwill: Find a location near you
Kinko's: Find
a location near you
Borders: Find
a location near you
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