Join the Encouragement Team!
Encouragement Team volunteers followup with families after they have received bags of books. They make contact at regular intervals to encourage families in their literacy journey. You have a unique opportunity to play an important role in helping a family create a culture of reading for family transformation.
Donate Books
For some families, having books in the home is easier said than done. That's why the Metro East Literacy Project (MELP) is gearing up for our book flood events by collecting books from you. Your homes are a treasure trove of books. You may have books sitting on your shelves collecting dust. Your books can be a huge blessing to another family that does not have access to books.
Our book flood events will be an antidote to book deserts. Our first priority is to collect adult books in the following categories: textbooks, novels, coffee table books, reference books, travel books, cookbooks, gardening, fashion, lifestyle, health, history, etc. We are looking for beautiful books with lots of images. We won't turn down children's picture books, but non-children's books are the priority. If you would like to donate your gently used books to MELP, please contact me at lmitchell50@gmail.com.
Also, please sign up to volunteer to help distribute the books at our giveaway events.
Thank you so much.
Our book flood events will be an antidote to book deserts. Our first priority is to collect adult books in the following categories: textbooks, novels, coffee table books, reference books, travel books, cookbooks, gardening, fashion, lifestyle, health, history, etc. We are looking for beautiful books with lots of images. We won't turn down children's picture books, but non-children's books are the priority. If you would like to donate your gently used books to MELP, please contact me at lmitchell50@gmail.com.
Also, please sign up to volunteer to help distribute the books at our giveaway events.
Thank you so much.