Bibliophiles of America, BOOKS-A-Go GO, Inc.

BOOKS-A-Go Go was inspired by seeing the impact books donated by Jacksonville Country Day School had on the students at West Jacksonville Elementary School, Jacksonville, Florida.   

Jacksonville Country Day School (JCDS) had some old library books they were not going to use anymore and wanted to donate them to children who needed them.  The books were taken to West Jacksonville Elementary School in Jacksonville Florida. ( West Jax is 98% low income students, and their families find it difficult to buy books for their children.) 

Each child picked a book and got to take it home.  For many children, it was the first book they ever owned!  They hugged their books, and some carried them back and forth from school everyday because they were so proud to own a book.  Some teachers needed to write the child's name in the book because many kid's did not believe they could own a book. 

When JCDS heard the positive reaction, they decided to do a book drive, having their students bring in the books they were no longer using.  A local neighborhood also had children's book drive.

Hundreds of books were collected, and the children loved getting the books.

So how did these book drives lead to BOOKS-A-Go Go?


Read the next section........How we started....