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Donating to BOOKS for the BARRIOS is a great way to make a difference in the lives of disadvantaged children both around the world and in the United States. With BOOKS for the BARRIOS you know your money and time are well spent. Every dollar of your financial support is turned into approximately $100 worth of educational materials placed directly into the hands of the students and teachers who need it most.
You can make donations in the following ways:
• Mail us a check
We welcome your direct donations! Please make out your check to BOOKS for the BARRIOS and mail it to:
BOOKS for the BARRIOS
2350 Whitman Road
Suite D, Concord CA 94518-2355
• Donate online using PayPal or JustGive
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• Make your donation through JustGive.org
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• Designate us as your preferred United Way or Combined Federal Campaign charity
You can designate BOOKS for the BARRIOS as your preferred charity during the United
Way Campaign - just write in our name.
For the Combined Federal Campaign, our code is # 10375.
• Make a donation by supporting our LIBRARY RENOVATION projects
You can make a donation that supplies all or part of the many aspects needed to build modern, world-class libraries for impoverished children in dire need of such facilities. Support a complete library renovation, or one of the many individual projects that combine to produce a fully functional, world-class library.
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Please visit our Library Renovation page to see more information about sponsoring one of these amazing projects of love.
• Sponsorships
BRING HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION TO CHILDREN IN NEED.
| Sponsorship |
Fee |
Impact |
| Twenty-foot container carrying 350 apple sized boxes of books |
$12,000 |
This enables between 30-40 schools to set up a library. This sponsorship covers the operational costs of this donation. |
| 36 apple sized boxes of books |
$3,500 |
This will enable a school to develop a world class library for a school of 300 children. This includes teacher training. |
| Establish a “Model of Excellence” school |
$12,000 |
The local government unit and any other stakeholders must be involved with the development of this site. We will subsidize this site, which must be a deprived, depressed, underserved barrio school of about 500-800 elementary schoolchildren. This includes teacher training and the establishment of a world-class preschool. |
The sponsorship includes all customs and shipping charges from our California facility to the designated school sites around the world.
• Make an in-kind donation of Educational Supplies
Collect the things you no longer need and bring them to the BOOKS for the BARRIOS National Children's Education Sharing Center in Concord, California! We are in greatest need of new/used toys and consumable educational supplies like crayons (broken crayons ok), markers, pens, pencils, glue, etc. Click here to find out more information about the items you can donate to help improve the lives of children worldwide.
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