Book Drives
Host a Book Drive to collect new and gently used K-6 books for
the Columbus Kids' Book Bank!
Anyone Can Hold a Book Drive
Anyone can hold a book drive for the Columbus Kids’ Book Bank – individuals, teams, schools, neighborhoods, clubs, businesses. If you are interested, we've prepared this toolkit to help you get started!
- Decide WHEN AND WHERE – Choose a location that is accessible and determine the duration of your book drive.
- Gather RESOURCES - Collect boxes or bins to hold donated books and recruit volunteers to help with book collection.
- SPREAD THE WORD – Inform people in your community about your book drive. Be sure to specify that you are collecting new and gently used books for Kindergarten through 6th grade readers.
- Make it FUN– Create a friendly competition between companies, departments, teams, etc. or host your book drive during an event, birthday party, etc.
- Coordinate a DROP-OFF date – Email us at bookbank@secondandseven.com to coordinate a day to bring your books to the Columbus Kids' Book Bank.
If anyone wants to participate but does not have books to donate, they can shop our Amazon Wishlist or make a donation to 2nd & 7 instead.
Book Drive FAQs
We welcome new and gently used books for K-6th grade readers. Books showing diversity are greatly appreciated.
- textbooks
- dictionaries
- encyclopedias
- magazines
- coloring books
- books that are outdated, torn, yellowed, moldy, or otherwise in poor condition
- books for readers older than K-6
Yes! We accept books that are gently used.
We suggest running your book drive for at least one week to give you a chance to spread the word and your audience time to round up their books to donate.
We recommend promoting your book drive starting at least two weeks in advance via whatever media works best for you: posters, eblasts, newsletters, social media, company intranet, school announcements, flyers etc. Continue to remind your potential givers about the book drive in the days leading up to it and throughout its duration. If you are a business and your collection bins will be in public spaces, consider a press release to spread the word.
We are grateful for any and all donations to support 2nd & 7! Anyone who wishes to make a monetary donation can do so online at https://www.secondandseven.com/ways-to-give/donate/ or by mail to: 7949 North High Street, Suite B Columbus, OH 43235.
We recommend small to medium size cardboard boxes to make it easier to carry and load up the books after your book drive. You can print the flyer in this Book Drive Assets folder to display on your boxes/bins.
Once your book drive is completed, books can be dropped off at the 2nd & 7 Columbus Kids’ Book Bank located at 7949 N. High Street, Columbus, 43235. We are located in Worthington, next to Zip Zone and Camp Mary Orton. Please email us at bookbank@secondandseven.com to schedule a drop off time.
