The Books4Cause free library in Avondale has a new addition: the bestseller table! Here, you can pick from our featured selection of free bestsellers, Pulitzer Prize winners, and classics. Some featured titles that we have available this week are: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (#1 National Bestseller) The Help, Kathryn Stockett (NewContinue reading “FEATURED BOOKS: NEW THIS WEEK”
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Making a Local Difference: NBC 5 Visits Books4Cause
On Friday, August 22nd, Chris Hush with NBC’s Channel 5 News visited the Books4Cause Avondale pop-up library. He interviewed founder Yosef Lifchitz and his daughter Maya for a feature piece on the 5:00 news, where they discussed the founding of Books4Cause, our current projects around Chicago and the rest of the world, and our visionContinue reading “Making a Local Difference: NBC 5 Visits Books4Cause”
Thank you letter from South Africa
Here is a picture of the librarian at one of the libraries in South Africa. In the background are the Home Depot boxes we have sent. (Time to put our own branding on it. We did put stickers on the latest boxes). Gosh great advertising for Home Depot I wonder if people think we areContinue reading “Thank you letter from South Africa”
Clothes and Sporting Goods
Books4Cause now accepts clothes and sporting goods. These items will be resold to support our operations. Donate your new or used gently used sporting goods and we will turn them into libraries in Africa. We are now accepting gently used brand name and designer clothing. Donate today to help build the future of theContinue reading “Clothes and Sporting Goods”
Books have made it to Sierra Leone
The last two years Sierra Leone has suffered so much turmoil. It is so pleasurable to be able to send books to them that will nourish the minds of the youth.
Our First iPad donation
We have begun our initial e drive pickups and we are happy to report that we have received our first iPad donation. In addition to this iPad donation we have also received numerous cell phone, smartphone, and tablet donations. iPad donations will go directly to the libraries in Africa. The rest of the electronics willContinue reading “Our First iPad donation”
Donate your tablet and smart phone
HTC, Apple, Samsung, and all of the consumer electronics companies are continuously pumping out new devices. Cell phone companies are enticing consumers to upgrade the phones and sign new 2 year contracts. Often times what ends of happening is our old devices sit in our drawers gathering dust. Companies now offer a buy back programContinue reading “Donate your tablet and smart phone”
How your old smart phones can save a life
Each book that we send to Africa holds the power to change lives. To this date Books4Cause has affected the lives of over 100,000 people. In Africa alone we have changed the lives of 60 thousand children. In order to fund this initiative of sending books overseas we sell a portion of the books thatContinue reading “How your old smart phones can save a life”
Don’t throw out your unused smart phones, tablets, e-readers, mp3 players, cameras, or laptops
If you live in New York City, Manhattan, Queens, Bronx, and Brooklyn – Donate your old devices to Books4Cause. If you live in the greater Chicago area, Donate your old smart phones, tablets, mp3 players, laptops, cameras, e-readers. Some of the areas that we currently serve are Skokie, Evanston, Hyde Park, Lincoln Park, Deerfield, Northbrook,Continue reading “Don’t throw out your unused smart phones, tablets, e-readers, mp3 players, cameras, or laptops”
Donate your Tablets
Do you have old slow tablets that you no longer use. Are they gathering dust in the deep recesses of your drawers. Books4Cause now accepts all electronic donations including old tablets. Even if the screen is cracked or it won’t power on we will still be able to use these. Books4Cause will pick these upContinue reading “Donate your Tablets”