November 30

Gives Back: Books, Bottles & Boots

12:00 pm — 12:00 pm

 

Please join us in our collection to help support infants and children in these winter months.

 

 

We are supporting two organizations dedicated to helping children:

New Moms – Board Books Donations

  • an organization that houses and provides services to teen/adolescent moms and their little ones

Share Our Spare –  Books, Bottles and Boots Donations

  • an organization dedicated to making sure kids have all of their essential needs

WHAT’S OUR GOAL?  100 board books, 100 children’s books, 100 bottles, 50 pairs of boots

HOW TO DONATE:

1) Buy items on the Amazon Wish List between November 1 – November 30

  • Click HERE to see the List
  • Shipments will automatically be delivered to NCJW and we will deliver for you!

2) Drop off your donations between November 13 – November 18

  • Books: see list below
  • Bottles
  • Boots: baby and toddler sizes
  • Email [email protected] to receive suburban drop-off locations
  • Email [email protected] to coordinate city drop-off locations

3) No time to shop? Make a monetary donation between November 1 – November 30

  • Click HERE to Donate & choose NCJW Gives Back in the drop down list
  • This money will be used to buy more books, bottles and boots!

LOCAL BOOKSTORES

1) Bookends & Beginnings – 1712 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201

https://www.bookendsandbeginnings.com

2) Semicolon – 1714 W. Division Street, Chicago, IL 60622
https://www.semicolonchi.com

3) Book Table –1045 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60301

https://www.booktable.net/wishlist/1333

4) Prairie Path Books – 255 Town Square, Wheaton, IL 60189
https://www.prairiepathbooks.com

5) The Book Table – 1045 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60301
https://www.booktable.net

SUGGESTED BOARD BOOKS

Peekaboo Morning by Rachel Isadora
Dream Big, Little One by Vashti Harrison
Future President by Lori Alexander
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Feminist Baby by Loryn Brantz
Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
First 100 Animals by Roger Priddy
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr

SUGGESTED CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Eyes that Speak to the Stars by Joanna Ho
The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Me gusta come soy! I Like Myself! By Karen Beaumont
Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty
La Luz de Lucia by Margarita del Mazo
Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

Any Questions?  Contact Amy Weisberg at [email protected]