Capital Campaign Update: Renovations are Underway!

Thanks to overwhelming individual and foundation support, we are nearing the close of our Capital Campaign. We will move into our new home in late September.

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Become a Volunteer Guide

Find out more about this new volunteer opportunity in our new space! As a Volunteer Guide, you’ll become an expert at one or more steps of the process and help train new volunteers.

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We're Hiring!

Apply now to join our Volunteer Services team. In our new space, we’ll welcome more volunteers, and we need more staff to assist with these additional shifts.

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Check Out Our Wish List

We’ve created a registry for needed items for our new home. All donations toward these items and equipment will be matched up to $25,000!

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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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Community Bookshelves

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

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WKYC Visits New Building

WKYC Education Reporter Danielle Wiggins visited our new building to report on the Capital Campaign. Watch the story and see inside the building.

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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 5 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 1,800 partners distribute our books to the children and families they serve.

Volunteers

Volunteers fuel our operation. More than 13,000 individuals have sorted and packed books for distribution to our partners.