Many theaters can use your books as props during plays and performances. If you have books that look old or are simply too worn down to donate to other places, ask your local theater if it can take them. Too busy reading your favorite YA novel to drop off your books? You can also arrange to have the program pick up your donation at your home. The organization is funded without any help from the government, so your donation helps fund veteran services and outreach programs. You can donate almost anything, including clothing, shoes, tools, toys, household items, and of course, books. Vietnam Veterans of America is a nonprofit organization that helps support veterans across the country. Gently used copies of current and classic titles can go a long way toward helping the school keep the library shelves stocked. Additionally, funding for school libraries is sometimes limited. Many teachers and daycare center providers use their own money to stock their classroom libraries, so donations are always appreciated. Schools and daycare centers in your community will sometimes accept book donations. If you’re raising little readers who go through books as fast as they grow out of their clothes, donate them.
You’re likely familiar with Goodwill stores for clothing donations, but did you know you can also donate your old books? Proceeds from these resale stores help fund employment training, job placement services, and other programs for people in the local community who face certain barriers that prevent them from getting a job. ( Image via Flickr by Kristina)Īnother organization that accepts books to help give back to the community is Goodwill. If your library can’t use your donated books on the shelf, this group can sometimes take your donated books and resell them at these fundraising events. Most libraries have a Friends of the Library group that will put together special book sales to benefit the library. Libraries give us the opportunity to read books for free, so it’s always great to give back. Perhaps the most obvious place to donate books is your local library. If you’re looking at your bookshelf and see sleeping books that don’t give you that spark of joy anymore, let them spark joy in another home by donating them! You do not (read: do not) need to throw them out! Marie says everything in your home should spark joy. If you need to create room on your shelves, knowing where to donate books is important. We’re still waiting for someone to invent that magical, all-storing, sharing bookcase, but hey, what can you do until then? After all, you can find them a knew home, and someone else can fall in love with them for the first time! So, knowing what to do with the books you no longer read might then become the hardest part. When it comes to cleaning up, we know that while it’s important to hold on to your faves, you also shouldn’t be afraid to clean through them once in a while.
Over the last few weeks, people have been going back and forth pretty aggressively when it came to a bit of Marie Kondo’s advice: Just how many books should you keep? And is it really better to give them away?
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