East Bay Children's Book Project

The East Bay Children's Book Project is a non-profit group that assists literacy efforts by distributing books to children who do not have access to enough books. They have distributed more than 1,000,000 books since 2005.[2][3] Books donated by the East Bay Children's Book Project have been used in schools, day-care centers, community centers, homeless shelters, and hospitals. The East Bay Children's Book Project is located in Oakland, California.

East Bay Children's Book Project
FormationMay 2005
Type501(c)(3) non-profit
Location
  • Oakland, California
Region served
East Bay
Board President
Ann Katz[1]
Websitehttp://www.eastbaychildrensbookproject.org/

History

The East Bay Children's Book Project opened in 2005 as a small non-profit group, hoping to give away 1000 books which had been culled from the libraries of a group of retired teachers. The organization grew so quickly that they are now giving away more than 100,000 books a year. In 2009, they became a 501(c)(3) non-profit group.[4]

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