About the 2008 Book Drive

After almost a year of research and planning, the Dewey Donation System is pleased to be up and running with not one, but two libraries in need, and a chance for you to help both big and small. (There is no small.)

Over the past few months, we have joked that we were some of the busiest people on the planet who have ever tried to help a kid get a book. It’s not much of an exaggeration, considering at any point, one of us was in Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, or Kingston, Jamaica. (Not to mention waiting through a hurricane.) It took some time, but it’s worth it.

Before we begin, we’d like to thank you for your help over the years. You’ve sent books and monetary donations to a library system rebuilding after Katrina, sent an entire village of children back to school after a Tsunami, helped restock shelves after wildfires ravaged San Diego’s public library system, and brought library assistance to the attention of communities and governments by helping Oakland’s library system get stronger and thrive.

So thank you. Without you, this site couldn’t exist. It’s a labor of love. Our mutual love of books and libraries and the miracles that can happen when a child holds a book in his or her hand. Okay, we have to stop, or we’ll make Dewey go into the ugly cry.

Now let’s meet this year’s libraries shall we? Learn more about the Rockhouse Foundation and the Children’s Institute and the good work they do.