Check out these photos from our past book drives and fundraisers and follow our journey through our events. If you have taken part in one of our book drives and have photos to share please send them to us at info@believenbooks.org
We have delivered books to Golisano Children's Hospital many times over the last few years. However, due to Covid restrictions, we could never see the kids and share our books with them directly. It finally happened! We got to bring the library cart around to the different floors of the hospital and share books with kids in their rooms, hallways and chemo stations. Learn more about the impact of books on the hospital through the eyes of their amazing staff.
4318 Books Collected - This is our biggest single book drive to date. We cannot believe they did it again and even better - they topped their record from last year! This is a true collaboration between the VME community including administration, staff, parents and students. This year they chose BelieveNBooks as their service project with a grand finale on April 28 in celebration of Friendship Day. VME students prove that you are never too young to make an impact in your community. We are so proud to partner with them and cannot wait for next year.
We sorted, packed and delivered over 15,000 books (in less than 2 weeks) from Room to Read's Steam collection. Kudos to our amazing Florida Gulf Coast University volunteers for helping us make so many of our packing and delivery events a success! We absolutely love partnering with FGCU students and they have catapulted our organization to the next level.
Aramark is one of our very first corporate partners. They chose us to partner with for their Annual meeting and service day. They provided us with a $5,000 grant to purchase books for kids at Golisano Children's Hospital. The books benefited the Golisano library, classroom and library cart (that delivers books to kids in their hospital rooms). In addition, we were able to purchase items for Aramark staff to create activity kits for kids to enjoy and take their minds off of things while in the hospital.
We are excited to announce our expansion beyond the state of Florida. We have added several locations in NJ. Meera Mehta is our project leader in Glen Ridge, NJ. Meera works to expand the mission of BelieveN Books in NJ. She has helped us partner with several community partners in her area, including Booksmiles, who focus on getting books to teachers, students and kids who need them.
We started BelieveNBooks on Earth Day 2022. This was our very first book drive in May 2021 during Covid. Starting something new is always overwhelming but it was even more daunting in the height of COVID. This book drive exceeded all expectations and brought in over 3000 books. That was the moment we realized that we are onto something - kids helping other kids just by giving a little time, energy and their gently used books. And helping books find a second home has an amazing impact on our planet! This book drive will always hold a special place for us. May 2023 marks our 3rd annual book drive at Canterbury and 70,000 books distributed by BelieveNBooks.
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