Communities are hungry for books! Help Little Free Library fulfill its mission of book access for everyone by coordinating a local book drive. You can lead a book drive and distributed the collected books to local Little Free Libraries. Little Free Library staff can answer your questions along the way.
This is a flexible volunteer opportunity. You can coordinate your book drive during the times that work best for you and your community.
How to get started: Sign up in our volunteer hub. After you register, we will send you a guide about how to coordinate a book drive.
Purpose: By keeping Little Free Libraries filled with books, you are helping to build community, inspire readers, and expand book access.
Responsibilities:
- Set up a local book drive collecting high-quality books.
- Collaborate with local businesses and groups to identify book drive collection locations and establish a process.
- Create and implement a promotional plan so that your community knows about the book drive.
- Evaluate all books collected to make sure that they are in good condition.
- Distribute the books collected to local Little Free Libraries.
Time Required: A typical book drive lasts about two weeks to one month, plus time beforehand to plan and promote the drive.
Training & Resources Available: We will help you get to know our organization and share our tips for planning a successful book drive.
Qualifications:
- Love Little Free Libraries and supporting book access!
- Have access to transportation to pick up donated books from collection locations
- Organized
- Great communication skills
Benefits: Experience the satisfaction of getting more books into the hands of readers while connecting with your community. Volunteers in the US will get a free Little Free Library t-shirt after you record your impact here in the Team LFL online hub.
Supervision & Support: You can connect with the Community Engagement Manager to ask questions.
