Baltimore Reads Book Bank

        Books For Kids Day 2008             

How To Run A Book Drive

1. Appoint a campaign coordinator.  Select someone to set up boxes and to post Baltimore Reads Books For Kids Day 2008 flyers to promote the campaign (enclosed).  Also, designate one or more volunteers to deliver the collected books to Books For Kids Day on May 3, 2008 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., rain or shine.

2. Publicize your book drive.  Make sure everyone knows you’re hosting a children’s book drive.  Promotional materials are enclosed:  a general flyer on the Books For Kids Day campaign and a flyer for you to personalize with information on your organization’s book drive.  Feel free to photocopy more flyers if needed.  You can also promote your book drive in your organization’s newsletter, at meetings or through e-mail.

3. Prepare boxes.  Use boxes that will be easy to pick up and move when filled with books.  Place boxes in a location many people will pass during the day.

4. Check your boxes daily.  As boxes fill, have more boxes on hand.  Store the boxes in a safe place until they are ready to be delivered.

5. Close your book drive.  Make sure your organization’s name is printed on the outside of the boxes.  Tape or tie the boxes closed.  Please include the number of books on each box.

6. Deliver your books.  Bring your boxes of books to Books For Kids Day on May 3, 2008 any time between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. - rain or shine. Books For Kids Day will be held at the parking lot of Polytechnic Institute/Western High Schools, Falls Road at Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore (Exit 9 off I83/Jones Falls Expressway).  If needed, pick up for books exceeding 1,500 can be provided.

If you can’t deliver your books on May 3, please contact Philip Morrison at

410-752-9281  pmorrison@baltimorereads.org to arrange an alternate delivery date. 

7.     Accept our thanks.  The new and gently-used children’s books you donate will be distributed by the Baltimore Reads Book Bank to children who have no books of their own.  Since its inception, the Baltimore Reads Book Bank has collected and distributed more than 1,000,000 books to low-income adults, children and families in our community.  The success of our efforts is due largely to the generous support of organizations like yours.

For more information, contact Phil Morrison at

410-752-9281 or pmorrison@baltimorereads.org

Baltimore Reads, Inc., 3 S. Frederick Street, Suite 801 Baltimore, Maryland 21202