Literary Love

  • Location
    Dix Hills, New York
  • Status
    Active
  • Age Level
    11 to 13 Years

The Problem

Millions of people in New York don't have sustainable reading material in their home and school environments. This is one of the biggest reasons why 3.4 million New Yorkers are illiterate. Without proper reading material, many people end up in jail or are unemployed. Schools in low-income communities often provide outdated and unusable books.

Our Plan

The goal of this project is to collect and donate as many books as possible, and then to give them to schools in need. Aside from giving kids the opportunity to read, this project is also helping to keep books out of landfills. Almost 32 million end up in landfills each year. (Paper by itself takes 2 to 6 weeks to decompose, imagine how much a 200 page book would take!) Donating these gently used books to people in need helps to keep those otherwise perfectly good books out of landfills. As of February, 2024, 2 major donation drop off events have occurred, amounting in 362 books being donated and distributed across Long Island. Help us reach our goal of 1,000!

Themes Addressed

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    Community Enhancement
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    Education
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    Literacy
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    Recycle

The Benefit

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    People
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