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Where can you donate books for reuse?

If you’ve got a growing pile of books that need a new home, here’s how you can donate them to libraries, schools and children’s back-pack programs.

Several Kansas City area libraries and non-profit organizations will accept new and gently-used book donations. Friends of the Library groups resell donated books and out-of-circulation library books at pop-up sales to generate funds for the libraries. Other organizations donate them directly to school libraries, churches and youth reading programs.

  • Book Drive KC offers free book pick-up service for those larger donations. Books are donated to local schools, churches and youth groups.
  • Hands to Hearts collects new and gently-used children’s books to send home with school children in back-pack programs and donate to school libraries.

To donate outside the Kansas City area, check your local library or the American Library Association list.

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Diane Capps
1 year ago

Heartland Book Bank accepts, books, magazines and I think CDs, videos, etc.
1425 Oak St., KCMO. 816-472-5600. http://www.booksareus.org. JoAnn is the name of the person that works there.
[email protected]. Call JoAnn before you go make arrangements to drop them off.

Rachael
Rachael
6 months ago
Reply to  Diane Capps

I called the number for Heartland Book Bank today and the recording said, “the number has been changed. the new number is unknown.”