Make Your Year-End Gift Today

Your end-of-year gift means Greater Cleveland’s children will continue to discover free books wherever they go! Please consider making a gift today.

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Capital Campaign - The Next Chapter

Help us write the next chapter of the Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank as we expand our facility and capacity to reach more children and foster a love of reading across our community!

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Community Bookshelves

Bookshelves stocked with free books are in place at 20 recreation, wellness, and community centers in the city.

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Donate Books Anytime

Donate gently-used children’s books near you in one of our outdoor collection bins. Give your unused kids’ books a new life with a local child who will love to own them!

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Watch Our Video

Watch a short video about the Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank and how you can help us have an impact in our community.

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Our Mission

The mission of the Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank is to foster literacy and a love of reading by distributing free books to children through collaboration with community partners.

The Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank is working to ensure all kids in Greater Cleveland have books to build their own home libraries.

A book in the hands of a child is a magical thing! Reading fuels imaginations, teaches empathy, supports academic achievement, and helps parents build bonds with their kids.

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Impact

We’ve distributed 4.7 million free books to 100,000+ kids in need in Greater Cleveland and continue to distribute 45,000 books per month.

Partners

Partners are the backbone of our work. More than 1,700 partners distribute our books to the children and families they serve.

Volunteers

Volunteers fuel our operation. More than 12,000 individuals have sorted and packed books for distribution to our partners.