On Saturday, May 11th (10 AM - 4 PM), we will once again accept donations of books for elementary and middle school students at our collection site, First Baptist Church of West Hartford (90 North Main Street, West Hartford).
Our focus is to gather books for young readers, grades 3 to 8. Donated books will be contributed toward the Likoni Library Project, directed by Fulbright Scholar Nadja Umlauf ’22 and organized last year through Dwight Hall. The Likoni Library Project strives to build mobile libraries for students in Kenya, and has already made a difference for thousands of students. Click here to read more about the Likoni Library Project and Nadja’s work in support of it!
There are two easy ways to make a difference for our book drive (feel free to do either or both!):
Drop-Off or Mail Your Books: Donating your books is fast and easy! Just drop-off or mail your books to the collection site, First Baptist Church of West Hartford, 90 North Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06107 on Saturday, May 11th, from 10 AM - 4 PM. In the bag or box you use for drop-off or mailing, please include a note with your name and e-mail address so we can acknowledge your donation. If mailing books, please address them “Attn: Yale Club of Hartford Book Drive”, and consider asking your Post Office about strongly-discounted Media Mail service for books.
Contribute Toward the Cost of Shipping: We still need funds to send the books we are collecting to the schools where they are needed. For just $2 per book, you can help us ship a donated book to its final destination! Click here to donate online toward the cost of shipping books for our book drive.
Will you be dropping-off books on May 11th? Fill out the quick form linked here (takes less than 1 minute!) so we can make sure we have the right number of volunteers at our collection site at the right times. (Don’t worry, your RSVP is non-binding!) And remember, you can also donate online toward the cost of shipping books for our book drive.
Questions? Just e-mail us at hartford.yale.club@gmail.com and we’ll do our best to send you an answer soon after!
Thanks again for all the ways you choose to support our book drive this spring!
Please Donate Books for the
Yale Club of Hartford Spring Book Drive
Drop Off Books at or Mail Books to
First Baptist Church of West Hartford
90 North Main Street, West Hartford
Saturday, May 11th, from 10 am - 4 pm
Students of Shikaadbu Secondary School Library in front of books donated thru the Likoni Library Project.
