ROCHESTER, Michigan, Tuesday, March 15, 2022: Looking for a great way to help make a difference for children in our community? In an effort to help encourage children to read, consider donating brand newbooks, infant and K-12 levels, to Assistance League® of Southeastern Michigan’s Annual Book Drive.
Assistance League volunteers will collect new children’s books only in a drop box at the ReSale Connection store (204 S. Main St. in downtown Rochester) today through Saturday, April 30.
Over the past several years, the southeastern Michigan chapter has collected over 35,000 books. The books are distributed to children through the chapter’s philanthropic programs: Operation School Bell®, Wee Help, One-2-One Tutoring and Neighborhood House. In addition, they also will go to local school libraries, The Children’s Center of Detroit and Alternatives for Girls.
“No matter what age, each child receives a new book to keep, whether it’s through Operation School Bell, our tutoring program or the Blast Off 2 School in August. After all of those books are distributed, the remaining ones go to schools and other agencies that service families,” said Luanne Offer, the chapter’s president. “The gift of reading lasts a lifetime and is priceless.”
Here are some ideas for book suggestions:
- Books showing ethnic and cultural diversity.
- Board books suitable for newborns, 6”x7” in size, which will be inserted in the layette packet that we send home with new mothers.
- Easy readers, especially Levels 1&2, for our tutoring program at Whitman Elementary in Pontiac.
- Picture and chapter books for first through third grades by authors such as Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary, Eric Carle, Mo Willems, Don Freeman, Dr. Seuss, Kevin Henkes and Dan Gutman.
- Chapter books through grade 12, such as biographies, autobiographies, National Geographic Kids Amazing Animals, sports, poetry books, mysteries, teen science fiction and historical fiction.
For more information, please contact Book Drive Chair Barb
Roller at ReSale Connection by calling 248-656-0414.
About Assistance League of Southeastern Michigan
Assistance League of Southeastern Michigan, founded in 1993
and serving Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3),
hands-on, all-volunteer organization whose mission is transforming the lives of
children and adults through community programs. ReSale Connection is Assistance
League's nonprofit, upscale resale store in downtown Rochester, offering
high-quality, new and gently used merchandise at a great value. With no paid
staff, funds raised remain in local Michigan communities, helping thousands of
people in need throughout the year.
For more information, please call or visit our store:
ReSale Connection
P.O. Box 80932
204 S. Main St.
Rochester, MI 48307
248-656-0414
(Federal Tax ID#: EIN 38-3181336)
AssistanceLeague.org/southeastern-michigan
