Seattle7Writers collects and donates used and new books to a variety of sites in the Puget Sound region. These pocket libraries provide entertainment and education for women, men and children who are currently without homes or bookshelves of their own. In 2010 we donated over 1,500 books to Seattle Education Access, ROOTS, and the Pat Graney foundation for their women’s work release program. In 2011 we donated 3,683 books, and 2012 is off to an excellent start with 521 books and it’s only January! Recipients include:
Noel House’s Bakhita Gardens women’s facility on Bell Street
Seattle Education Access
The YWCA’s Seneca Street building’s children’s play room
St. Martin de Porres men’s facility on Alaskan Way South
Treehouse for Kids
Downtown Emergency Service Center
Noel House, St. Martin’s and the YWCA serve several hundred of the approximately 8,000 homeless men, women and children in Seattle. Seattle Eduction Access helps non-traditional students achieve their goal of a college education. Treehouse is a Seattle organization that provides goods and services to foster kids and their families. The Downtown Emergency Service Center owns and manages several shelters and housing units for homeless adults. We donate to The Morrison, a historic hotel and single-room apartment complex in downtown Seattle through the DESC.
We’d love to have your help! To donate books, please contact info@seattle7writers.org. In particular we are looking for westerns, mysteries, histories, biographies, children’s books, books on parenting and self-esteem, and novels of all kinds, except stories with lots of graphic violence. Many of these folks have had enough of that in their real lives.
With many thanks to those who have already donated:
Eagle Harbor Book Company
Elliott Bay Book Company
Phyllis Potter and Isle Haven Books
Queen Anne Books
Third Place Books
Santoro’s Books
Marilyn Dahl of Shelf Awareness
Sid Johnston
Consuelo Larrale
Monya Noelke
Tom Schabarum
Linda Watts
Craig Welch
Seattle Country Day School
