West Side Wins!

The West Side takes its second consecutive win, edging out the East Side by just 3,000 books. We received more than 56,000 books in July!

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All City Back to School Festival

We’ll once again be participating in the city’s back to school bash this Saturday. Look for our table with free books!

Saturday, August 9
9AM to 12PM
Cleveland Public Auditorium
Free parking at Willard Garage

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Family Fun Events

We’ve teamed up with Northeast Ohio Parent to collect books at these upcoming family-friendly events which include free activities for kids!

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New Home for the Next Chapter Registry

We’ve created a registry for the book bank that (doesn’t) have everything. All donations toward needed items and equipment will be matched up to $25,000!

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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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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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Capital Campaign Update: Less Than $100,000 to go to close the campaign

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

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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 12,000 individuals have sorted and packed books for distribution to our partners.