The Book Bank Came to Town

We were thrilled that the First Book Book Bank came to the Seattle area during the week of April 16. Seattle was one of three stops on First Book's "One Million Books in Just Ten Days" journey. World Vision in Fife generously provided the warehouse space to store the boxes and boxes of books donated by Random House, Disney Publishing Worldwide, and Townsend Press.

At the Book Bank, our local Recipient Groups were able to pick up these brand new books to distribute to the low-income children in their schools and programs. Volunteers helped ensure that these groups received exactly the books they wanted, sorting and organizing 350,000 books by the end of the week. Here's a picture of some of our First Book -- Seattle Advisory Board members after a day's work:

Is your organization interested in becoming a First Book Recipient Group? Registered Recipient Groups have access to the First Book Online Marketplace and the National Book Bank, and are eligible to apply for First Book -- Seattle's grants. You can sign-up here.