Helping Kids to Read - A SIMPLE Service Project #NickCFK

H has always loved books. Since starting Kindergarten, her love for books and reading has grown exponentially. We are always trying to introduce new books into her "library" at home. We also talk frequently about the library that will be opening right in our neighborhood very soon.

From #NickCFK Simple Service Project - Big Help Book Drive

In explaining more about the library, we talked about how the books are free to borrow which allows people, especially children, who don't have access to books the way she does, to still learn to read and enjoy books. She said that she wanted to give books to the library so more kids could read {heart melt!}.


The library will be opening in February 2013 and is funded mostly by local donations and fundraisers. They are always seeking book donations too! I figured donating books to the library would be a fantastic way for H to learn the important of access to books for everyone.

In doing some research about book donations, I discovered that the Champions for Kids featured SIMPLE Service project for September is the Nickelodeon Big Help Book Drive {#NickCFK: Help Them Read}! This was perfect! H and I talked about the book donations and she decided we should ask friends to participate too.

We headed off to Wal-Mart to pick up some books to donate to our Big Help Book Drive. H also asked if she could get some new books while we were there and I, of course, said ok :)

While in the store, we decided to grab a plastic container with a lid to collect our book donations. That way, the box can stay on our covered front porch for easy access but we won't have to worry at all about the weather damaging the books!

Then, we made our way over to the book section to see what kind of great finds we could make. Since H is just learning to read, most of the books she selected were early reader books. Her favorite out of the ones we picked up was the Dora and the Birthday Surprise. She started reading it right there in the cart!

We bought two because she wanted to keep one and give one to the library. We also picked up a few more books before heading to checkout.

You can see more about our shopping trip by visiting my Google+ album.

At home, we used our plastic tub to create a book donation box. We used some of my paints to label the tub.

Then, we added our books to kick off the donations.

Want to know more about the Champions for Kids Nickelodeon Big Help Book Drive {#NickCFK} SIMPLE Service project and how you can participate? Check out these great social media tools to get involved:
- Champions for Kids Twitter 
- Champions for Kids Facebook
- Nickelodeon on Facebook
- Nickelodeon on Twitter

Do your kids love to read? How would you get your community involved in providing access to books for kids?

I am a member of the Collective Bias Social Fabric Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and Champions for Kids. #NickCFK #CBias  All opinions expressed here are my own.