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Access Books at Work


Teamwork to Create Little Libraries
Retirees, moms & young kids, artists, boy scouts & their dads, high school students, hobbyists… what do all of these people have in...
Amanda Collins
Mar 17, 2021


Giving Back with Book Drives
In the past couple of months, dedicated Access Books Bay Area volunteers Theresa Pham of San Mateo, Jaime Abdilla of Burlingame, and the...
Amanda Collins
Feb 7, 2021


Book Box Program featured in Punch Magazine
The Access Books Bay Area library lending boxes program was recently featured in Punch Magazine, a peninsula publication. You can see the...
Amanda Collins
Nov 30, 2020


Library Book Boxes Program
In today’s era of distance learning, many schools and districts have been unable to provide access to pleasure reading books to their...
Amanda Collins
Oct 20, 2020


Fremont siblings collect books for Access Books Bay Area
Third-grader Ayaan and first-grader Ariya did not allow COVID-19 to put a damper on their summer break! This dynamic sibling duo from...
Amanda Collins
Sep 4, 2020


Updated distribution numbers
It has been a busy spring and summer getting books into the hands of students impacted by the COVID-19 shutdowns of schools and...
Amanda Collins
Aug 4, 2020


Our COVID-19 response (so far)
Thank you to everyone who has supported our efforts to continue to bridge the literacy gap for students living in poverty during the...
Amanda Collins
Jul 6, 2020


Linden Tree books fundraiser
Thank you to Linden Tree Children’s Books for sponsoring Access Books Bay Area, and to their generous customers who donated $4,050 in...
Amanda Collins
Jul 1, 2020
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