Our Book Drive Organizers
Our volunteer book drive organizers collect 1000 books and raise $500 in shipping funds for each library.
They rally their local communities to donate books; sort the books to ensure appropriate fit; hold a book packing party to get the books ready for shipment; and mail the books to our U.S. warehouse.
Along the way, they are educating Americans about the need for literacy and education in Africa and encouraging everyone to recycle the children's books they have outgrown.
Our book drive organizers are the best!
2011
2011
- Abhishek Kher, Campbell, CA
- Addison Elementary, Palo Alto, CA
- Anita Komorowski, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Anne Prusky, Meriod, PA
- Alec and Olivia Vercruysse, Portola Valley, CA (2)
- Atalaya Elementary, Santa Fe, NM
- Arcata High School, McKinleyville, CA
- Bar Mitzvah Davis Rich, Palo Alto, CA
- Bar Mitzvah Jacob Ganz, San Francisco, CA (2)
- Bat Mitzvah Sarah Wexler, Middleton, WI
- Bat Mitzvah Tatiana Grossman, Palo Alto, CA
- Bat Mitzvah Zoe Searles, Atlanta, GA
- Bellarmine College Preporatory, San Jose, CA
- Beaubien Elementary School, Chicago, IL
- Bennington College, Bennington, VT
- Breanna Crabtree, Paradise, CA
- Blossom Hill Elementary, Los Gatos, CA
- Charlene Keen, Pennsylvania
- California Middle School, California, MO (6)
- Celeste Durve, Beverly Hills, CA
- Clark Fork School, Missoula, MT
- Corte Madera School, Portola Valley, CA
- Coy Cross, Citrus Heights, CA (3)
- Diya Salian, Sugarland, TX
- Domonic Peters, Santa Clara, CA
- Dublin Coffman High School, Dublin, OH
- Dublin Scioto High School, Dublin, OH
- Evan Feldberg-Bannatyne, Newton Highlands, TX (2)
- Everglades High School NEHS Club, Miramar, FL
- Fiona Winoto, Bellevue, WA
- Forrestdale School Book Club, Rumson, NJ
- Freedom Hill Homeschool Cooperative, San Diego, CA
- Girl Scout Troop 61207/Diana Mueller, San Jose, CA
- GSTroop 61712, Portola Valley, CA
- Harrell Remodeling Design + Build, Menlo Park, CA
- Heartside Books & Toys, Juneau, AK
- High Technology HS Creative Arts, Lincroft, NJ
- Hillbrook School, Los Gatos, CA (2)
- Honeyfern School, Smyrna, GA
- Joelina Butias/Kwaku Kankam-Yeboah, Milpitas, CA
- Joey Baldwin / Eagle Scout, New York, NY
- John Hardin High School NHS, Elizabethtown, KY
- Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, CA
- Julie ardell and Jan Carlson, Rockwell, TX
- Keri Bradshaw, Littleton, MA (3)
- La Honda Elementary School, La Honda, CA
- Laura Salazar, Atlanta, GA (2)
- Leanne McDermott, Campbell, CA
- Leigh High School, San Jose, CA (2)
- Lori Goler, Palo Alto, CA
- Mallory Parker
- Mary Lee Ciminello Family, Mahwah, NJ
- McNeill Elementary, BowlingGreen, KY
- Menlo Atherton HS Key Club, Menlo Park, CA
- Mhina Tumaini Foundation, Silver Spring, MD
- Michael Gottfried, Landing, NJ (3)
- Michelle Falcone, New York, NY (4)
- Mira Foster/Nicole/Juliana Grosvenor, San Francisco, CA
- Mission Board of Skylark Church
- Monte Vista Elementary School, Santa Brabara, CA
- Mountain View LEOs, Mountain View, CA
- Northfield Cannon Valley Lions Club, Northfield, MN
- Olivia Pendergast, Seattle, WA
- Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, Palo Alto, CA
- Oster Elementary, San Jose, CA
- Palo Alto High School Global Literacy Club, Palo Alto, CA
- Peace in Progress Club, Walnut Creek, CA
- Pioneer High School/Los Alamitos Elementary, San Jose, CA
- Priyanka Chandraker, Sugarland, TX (2)
- RiverTrails Middle School, John's Creek, GA (3)
- Sacred Heart Preporatory School, Menlo Park, CA (2)
- Saida Zelinsky, San Francisco, CA
- Sam King, Kat Myers, Jae Velez, San Caros, CA
- Shannon Low, Girl Scout Gold Award, Danville, CA
- Simian McKelvey, Ellenwood, GA
- Southwest YMCA, Saratoga, CA
- Speck Design, Palo Alto, CA
- Sping Creek Church, Garland, TX
- St. Vincent Pallotti High School, Laurel, MD
- Summit Prep Poverty Relief Club, Redwood City, CA
- Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church, Cupertino, CA (5)
- Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
- Tabby Block, San Francisco, CA
- Tatiana Grossman, Palo Alto, CA (2 + 11 mini-libraries)
- Team Phil/Philip Grantham, Norman, OK
- Thomas Hitchman/International School, Seattle, WA
- Union Middle School, San Jose, CA
- University of the Pacific, Sacramento, CA (2)
- UPS, North Wales, PA (2)
- Walnut Creek Intermediate, Walnut Creek, CA (3)
- Washtenaw Reading Council, Ypsilanti, MI (2)
- Wesley Gaines Elementary School, Paramount, CA (2)
- Westlake Elementary School, Santa Cruz, CA
- Womens Networking Alliance 126, Los Gatos, CA
- Xilinx, Inc, San Jose, CA
2010
2010
- 17th Air Force Africa, Ramstein AFB, Germany
- Abigail Birhanu, Florissant, MO
- Alec and Olivia Vandeputte, Portola Valley, CA
- ALA Student Chapter, Urbana, IL
- Amy Kelly, Lander, WY
- Bar Mitzvah Jacob Ganz, San Francisco, CA (3)
- Bar Mitzvah Paul Schorin, NY, NY
- Bat Mitzvah Tatiana Grossman, Palo Alto, CA
- Beaubien Elementary School, Chicago, IL
- Boys and Girls Club of Henderson Nevada
- Brenda Rossi, Morrisville, NC
- Bryant University, Rhode Island
- Buffalo Creek Middle School, Palmetto, FL (2)
- California Middle School, California, MO
- Charlene Keen, Pennsylvania
- Christopher and Margaret Quihuiz, Yorba Linda, CA
- Corte Madera School, Portola Valley, CA
- Coy Cross, Citrus Heights, CA (2)
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Round Rock, TX
- Donna Orazio, Fairfield, CT(2)
- Donna Simons, Pound Ridge, NY
- Dublin Scioto High School, Dublin, OH
- Dulles High School, Sugarland, TX
- Evan Feldberg-Bannatyne, Newton Highlands, TX
- Fort Kent Community High School, Fort Kent, ME
- Grays Woods Elementary, Port Matilda, PA
- Girl Scout Troop 800, Sacramento, CA
- Girl Scout Troop 31046, Lafayette, CA
- Girl Scout Troop 61043, Sunnyvale, CA
- Girl Scout Troop 70181, McKinleyville, CA
- Happily Ever After Club, La Canada, CA
- Hayes High School National Honor Society, Delaware, OH
- Hearthside Books and Toys, Juneau, AK
- Hillbrook School, Los Gatos, CA (2)
- Horizon Charter School, Lincoln, CA
- Homeschoolers For Africa, Colleen Paeff, Los Angeles, CA
- Inman Park African Library Project, Atlanta, GA (3)
- Jen Pleasants, Portola Valley, CA
- Kathleen Milloy McCord, Severna Park, MD
- Kathryn Jewell, Gulf Breeze, FL
- Keri Bradshaw, Littleton, MA (2)
- Maggie Garrett and Sarah Holt, Girl Scout Siver Award, Sunnyvale, CA
- Marilyn Walters, Jessen Beach, FL (2)
- Mauston High School, New Lisbon, WI
- Michael Gottfried, Landing NJ (9)
- Midstreams Elementary School, Brick Township, NJ
- Mount Kisko Public Library, Mount Kisko, NY(2)
- Mountain View LEOs, Mountain View, CA
- Mulberry School, San Jose, CA
- Nancy Gannon, Carmichael, CA (2)
- North Kingstown High School, North Kingstown, RI
- Northfield Cannon Valley Lions Club. Northfield, MN (2)
- Penn State International Affairs Service Committee, University Park, PA
- Peter's Township High School, Venetia, PA (2)
- Philip Grantham and Team Phil, Norman, OK
- Project Educate in Africa, Bryn Mawr, PA
- Prudence Layne, Morrisville, NC
- PS / IS 187, NY, NY (2)
- Quaker Valley Middle School, Sewickley, PA (2)
- River Trail Middle School, Johns Creek, GA (4)
- Saint Lawrence University, Canton NY
- Serena Kapoor, Atlanta, GA
- Skyland Community Church, Los Gatos, CA
- State College District Area, State College, PA (10)
- Steamboat Springs Homeschoolers, Steamboat Springs, CO
- Tatnall School, Hockessin, DE
- Tipton High School, Tipton, MO
- Tracy African Library Project, Tracy, CA
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Smyrna Beach, FL
- Trinity Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, MO
- Van Sickle Middle School, Springfield, MA
- Winston Salem Symphony, Winston Salem, NC
- Woodside High School Octogon Club, Woodside, CA
2009
2009
- African Library Project Board, CA
- Alice Schenk and Bob Catchcart’s Library, Portola Valley, CA
- Allison Pranger, Durham, NC
- Amanda Rogers, Lewiston, ID
- Annie Prusky's Bat Mitzvah, Meriod, PA (2)
- Amy Hanson, Minneapolis, MN
- Barbara Burk, Freehold, NJ
- Beaubien Elementary School, Chicago, IL
- Beverly and Ray Cosimano, Endicott, NY
- Bill and Carla Chown, Yukon, OK
- Brooklyn Studio Secondary School, Brooklyn, NY
- Brownie Troop 60077, San Jose, CA
- California Middle School, California, MO (2)
- Cora Sterling, Summit, NJ
- Corte Madera School, Portola Valley, CA (4)
- Coy Cross, Citrus Heights, CA (4)
- Cypress Creek HS America Helps Africa Club, Houston, TX
- Craig Decker, Cincinnati, OH
- Dauphin County Technical School, Harrisburg, PA (2)
- Dr. Andrew Goldsborough, Bethesda, MD
- Dr. Rodrick Hahn, Lousiville Ky
- Donna Orazio, Fairfield, CT (2)
- Dublin Scioto High School, Dublin, OH
- Elissa DiSalvo, Bedford, NH
- Fowler Unified School District, Fowler, CA (2)
- Franklin Elementary School, Summit, NJ
- Gahanna Lincoln High School, Gahanna, OH
- Garden Hills Elementary School, Atlanta, GA
- Girl Scout Gold Award Kaitlin Highstreet, Los Gatos, CA (3)
- Girl Scout Gold Award Katie Nickison, San Mateo, CA
- Girl Scout Junior Troop 30254, Walnut Creek, CA
- Girl Scout Junior Troop 31253, Redwood City, CA
- Girl Scout Junior Troop 2483, Brentwood, TN
- Girl Scout Troop 31061, Pleasant Hill, CA
- Girl Scout Troop 60053, Santa Clara, CA (2)
- Girl Scout Troop 60794, Sunnyvale, CA
- Girl Scout Troop 61184, Mt. View, CA
- Hearthside Books & Toys, Juneau, AK (3)
- Hershey High School, Hershey, PA
- Hillbrook School, Los Gatos, CA
- Holly Leaf, Anacortes, WA
- IKM-Manning Middle School, Manilla, IA
- Janet McKenzie, Oklahoma City, OK
- John and Eunice Lassiter, Yukon, OK
- Jordon Middle School, Palo Alto, CA (2)
- Jozeffa Greer, Sacramento, CA (2)
- Judy Lesage’s Homeschool Library, VT (2)
- Kenneth Olson Middle School, Tabernacle, NJ (2)
- Keri Bradshaw, Littleton, MA
- Kewaunee High School, National Honor Society, Kewaunee, WI (2)
- Knollwood Elementary School, Fair Haven, NJ
- Kris Abel, Kulis Air National Guard Base and Western Education, Inc., Anchorage, AK
- Kristin DeSantis, Atkinson, NH
- Kritaarth Mahankali, Sugar Land, TX (5)
- Kuper Academy, Quebec, Canada
- Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, FL
- Leslie Reed, Ithaca, NY
- Lois Langenfeld, Madison, WI (3)
- Mahankali Family, The, Sugar Land, TX (3)
- Marion Moore, Rogers, AR
- Mark Stivers, Sacramento, CA
- McKinley Montessori School, Sacramento, CA
- Millbrook High School, Fremont, CA (2)
- Milpitas High School Book Club, Milpitas, CA
- Moscow Africa Book Drive, Moscow, ID (2)
- Mountain View High School Leos Club, Mt. View, CA
- Mustang High School, Mustang, OK (2)
- Nancy and Roger Danley, Georgetown, TX (3)
- Nancy Wilson and Friends of African Village Libraries, Warner Robins, GA (2)
- Nick Epple, Oakland, CA
- North Fort Myers Academy of the Arts, Oblong, IL
- Northfield Cannon Valley Lions Club, Northfield, MN
- Oak Hills Church, Folsom, CA
- Olivia Pendergast, Seattle, WA
- Ormondale School, Portola Valley, CA
- Oster Elementary, San Jose, CA
- Palestine Grade School, Oblong, IL (2)
- Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA (2)
- Perkiomen School, Pennsburg, PA (2)
- Phoebe Harward, Bellington, WV
- Rebecca Judge, Sacramento, CA
- Reene paley and Paly High School, Palo Alto, CA (6)
- Richard and Charlene Keen, Harrisburg, PA(2)
- River Trail Middle School, Johns Creek, GA (5)
- Roger and Nancy Danley, Georgetown, TX (2)
- Serena Kapoor, Atlanta, GA
- Shari Dissen, Oakdale, PA (2)
- Skyland Community Church, Los Gatos, CA
- St. Catherine of Siena, Metairie, LA
- St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Preston, IA
- St. Liborius Youth Ministry, St. Libory, IL (4)
- Southwestern College, Child Development Department, Chula Vista, CA
- Summit Prep Charter High School, Redwood City, CA(2)
- Sunrise Drive Elementary, Sayville, NY
- The Tech Museum, San Jose, CA (2)
- Teresa Youngren, Ellensburg, WA
- Thato Ramoabi, Plymouth, NH (3)
- Tulip Grove Elementary School/Bowie Middle School, Bowie, MD
- Union Middle School, San Jose, CA
- Usha Sekar Family, Los Altos, CA
- Van Sickle Middle School, Springfield, MA (3)
- Vermont Island ELementary Schools, Alburg Community Education Center, Alburg, VT (2)
- Waukesha Book Drive, Waukesha, WI
- Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, CA (2)
- William Kistler, New Windsor, MD
- Windmill Preschool, Portola Valley, CA
- Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA
- Yujin Gakuen Japanese Immersion School, Eugene, OR (2)
- Yahara Elementary School, Madison, WI
2008
- Bar Mitzvah Rose Triest, Sebastapol, CA
- Bar Mitzvah Scott Braverman, Medfield, MA (2)
- Bat Mitzvah Tatiana Grossman, Palo Alto, CA (3)
- Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, CA
- Bishop Amat Memorial High School, La Puente, CA
- Bristow Elementary School, Bowling Green, KY
- California MiddleSchool, California, MO (6)
- Carl W. Goetz Middle School, Jackson, NJ (13)
- Central Elementary School, Belmont, CA
- Chris Bradshaw, Portola Valley, CA
- Corte Madera School, Portola Valley, CA (2)
- Deb Williams, Santa Clara, CA
- Emma Barnett, Detroit, MI
- Garmisch School NJHS, Germany
- Georgia Elementary & Middle School, St. Albans, VT
- Global Literacy Club/Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA
- Girl Scout Abby Conroy, Gold Award, Monte Sereno, CA
- Girl Scout Achira Sheth-Shay/Eesha Jagtap, Silver Award, San Jose, CA
- Girl Scout Jane Appert, Gold Award, Lafayette, CA (2)
- Girl Scout Katie Mullen, Silver Award, Peachtree City, GA
- Girl Scout Troop 215, Biggs, CA
- Girl Scout Troop 495, San Jose, CA
- Girl Scout Troop 996, Oakland, CA
- Girl Scout Troop 2345 Silver Award, Livermore, CA (2)
- Girl Scout Troop 60668, Palo Alto, CA
- Girl Scout Troop 70536 and Brownies Troop 181, McKinleyville, CA (2)
- Greenwood High School, Bowling Green, KY
- Hayes High School, National Honor Society, Delaware, OH
- Horizon Charter School, Roseville, CA (2)
- Hope Hague, Madison, WI (2)
- Jess Blan, Las Vegas, NV
- Jessica Crosby and Friends, Pittsburgh, PA
- Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, CA
- Kate O’Brien, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (2)
- Kessel Sisters, St. Louis, MO
- La Honda Elementary School, La Honda, CA
- Ladera Community Church, CA
- Lakewood High School, Lakewood, CA
- Leominster High School/Angela Cadet, Leominster, MA
- Leslie Harris, Brooklyn, NY
- Lincoln Elementary School, Troy, MO
- Macedonia Baptist Church, East Palo Alto, CA (2)
- Menlo Park Presbyterian, Menlo Park, CA
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (2)
- Middlesex Valley Elementary, Rushville, NY
- Milpitas High School Leo Club, Milpitas, CA (2)
- Mountain View High School Leos Club, Mt. View, CA
- Nelson Elementary School, Brandon, FL
- Noreen Prime, Bridgewater, MA (2)
- Oak Knoll School Second Grade, Menlo Park, CA (2)
- Oxford Hills Reads, Norway, Maine
- Pacific Palisades Charter High School, Pacific Palisades, CA
- Palmer trinity Interact Club, Palmetto Bay, FL (2)
- PayCycle, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
- People to People/Lee Ann Patterson, Mt. View, CA (2)
- Peter Felton, Seattle, WA
- Rich Pond Elementary School, Bowling Green, KY
- Richard Gombert, Sagamore Hills, OH
- Ridgefield High School, Ridgefield, CT
- River Trail Middle School, Johns Creek, GA (8)
- Roger and Nancy Danley, Georgetown, TX
- School of LEAPS, Milwaukee, WI
- South Green Elementary, Glasgow, KY
- University of Illinois, Freshan Honor Society Phi Eta Sigma, Champagne, IL
- University of North Carolina/Lindsay Guge, Chapel Hill, NC
- Upland Christian High School, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (2)
- Waldorf College Hanson Library, Forest City, IA
2007
2007
- Academy of the Sacred Heart, St. Charles, MO
- Albert Prodell Middle School, Shoreham, NY
- Arundel Elementary School, San Carlos, CA
- Bat Mitzvah Tatiana Grossman, CA (3)
- Books for Africa Club at Michigan State University
- Boy Scout Christian Fuller, Eagle Scout, MO
- California Montessori Project, Shingle Springs, CA
- Carl W. Goetz Middle School, Jackson, NJ (5)
- Calvin Christian School - Alberta, Canada
- Charter Home Study Academy , Placerville, CA
- Claremont Immersion Schools Pennies for Peace Club, Arlington, VA
- Corte Madera School, Portola Valley, CA (2)
- Craig Middle School, Indianapolis, IN
- Cragmont School, Berkeley, CA
- East Elementary School, Waynesville, MO
- Eastern Greene Elementary, Bloomington, IN
- Getz School, Tempe, AZ
- Girl Scout Meghan Ballard, Gold Award, Union City, CA
- Girl Scout Amanda Barrientez, Gold Award, Union City, CA
- Girl Scout Evelyn Kim, Silver Award, Millbrae, CA
- Girl Scout Isabelle Nguyen, San Jose, CA
- Girl Scout Dana Pham, Gold Award, San Jose, CA
- Girl Scout Service Unit 610, Trinity County, CA (4)
- Girl Scout Troop 1041, Danville, CA
- Girl Scout Troop 1348, San Jose, CA
- Girl Scout Troop 176, Los Gatos, CA
- Girl Scout Troop 1997, Moraga, CA
- Girl Scout Troop 407 at Almaden Preparatory School, San Jose, CA
- The Glass Shack, Ann Arbor, MI
- Glenwood Elementary School, Everett, WA
- Hammer Montessori School, San Jose, CA
- Interact Club, Puerto Rico
- Keplers Book Store, Menlo Park, CA
- LeeAnn McDermott Family, CA (3)
- Leigh High School, San Jose, CA
- Lincoln Elementary School, Troy, MO (5)
- Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP, NYC, NY
- Mill Creek High School, Hoschton, GA
- Miramonte High School Global Relief Outreach Club , Orinda, CA
- Mulberry School Los Gatos, CA
- Nadine Diezmann, CA
- North Raleigh Country Day School, Raleigh, NC
- Oster Elementary School, San Jose, CA
- Paycycle, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
- Rainbowland Christian Preschool, Placerville, CA
- Roosevelt Elementary , Burlingame, CA
- St. Joseph School, Mechanicsburg, PA
- St. Marks Episcopal Church , Palo Alto, CA
- St. Matthew Catholic School , San Mateo, CA
- School of LEAPS, Milwaukee, WI
- SENSE Charter School, Indianapolis, IN
- Shingle Springers 4H, Shingle Springs, CA
- Sunnycrest Elementary School, Lake Stevens, WA
- Technology Credit Union, San Jose, CA
- Union Middle School, Los Gatos, CA
- Walter Hays Elementary , Palo Altos, CA (3)
- White Oaks Elementary, San Carlos, CA
- Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA
- YMCA Camp Tecumseh, Brookston, IN
- YMCA South Oakland, Detroit, MI
2006
- Addison Elementary School, Palo Alto, CA
- AFE Santa Cruz, CA
- Brownie Troop 238, Santa Clara County, CA
- Cate School Carpinteria, CA
- Corte Madera School, Portola Valley, CA
- Cragmont School, Berkeley, CA
- Feather River Middle School, Portola, CA
- First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto, CA
- Homeschool Association of California, San Jose, CA
- Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, CA
- Mulberry School, Los Gatos, CA (2)
- Ormondale School , Portola Valley, CA
- Vista Integrated Home School Learning Collaborative, CA
- William A. Cappel Elementary, Moscow Mills, MO (3)
2005
2005
- Corte Madera School, Portola Valley, CA
- Del Dayo Elementary School, Carmichael, CA
- Gifted Homeschoolers Forum San Jose, CA (3)
- Homeschool Association of California, San Jose, CA
- Jordan Middle School,, Palo Alto, CA
- Loma Prieta Independent Home Study, Los Gatos, CA
- Loma Prieta C.T. English Middle School, Los Gatos, CA
- Loma Prieta Elementary School, Los Gatos, CA
- Ormondale School, Portola Valley, CA
- Summit Preparatory High School Redwood City, CA
- Woodside School, Woodside, CA
