Our Mission
Is to promote literacy, by moving books from the shelves of the ex-user, into the hands of the end-user.
Sounds simple…
Get books off of shelves, keep them out of landfills, and get them to people. Move screens into pockets, and put books in hands.
It should be simple. Educators, librarians, and all sorts of people who love books and knowledge have been doing this for years and decades, with glorious success.
But, our world is no longer simple.
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The structures and processes that have been relied upon to facilitate literacy, are disappearing. Societal norms, communication modalities, technology, globalization…our entire life experience is changing more rapidly than any one person or organization can keep up with.
This is where we come in. Books in Hand sees a vital need, an unfilled niche, and we will strive to fill it. No individual person, nor any single focused literacy group, will be able to navigate this new world alone. But together… Together, we can not only navigate the jumbled map ahead of us, but we can create new freeways of literacy and knowledge.
And this will all happen one book at a time. One set of hands at a time. Because one, plus one, plus an infinite number of ones – is a force of nature.
Current status
- We are an official California non-profit corporation
- We are waiting on our Federal 501(c)(3) tax deduction number, and expect it by the end of November!
- We have a decent sized but limited storage area for book donations
- We are in the learning stage, wanting to hear ever little bit of info from everyone!
What we need
- Web developer
- Volunteers – do you love books? We need help!
- Books! If you have “good or better” condition books to donate, we can take them for redistribution.
- Knowledge and new connections. Anybody who wants to info-dump, we want to sit and listen!
- Partner organizations. We are ready to dip our toes in, and start building a wee little resource sharing network between existing organizations.
Join us on the Journey
Check back in every couple of days, for an exciting update!
