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 3,959 books. Recipients include:
Noel House’s Bakhita Gardens women’s facility on Bell Street
Seattle Education Access
South Sound Reading Foundation
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
Community Lunch on Capital Hill
West Seattle Food Bank
King County Juvenile Court
Bailey Gazert Elementary
Rainier Valley Elementary
Literacy Council of Seattle
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
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
Marilyn Dahl of Shelf Awareness
Sid Johnston
Consuelo Larrabee
Monya Noelke
Jeannine Rogel
Tom Schabarum
Linda Watts
Craig Welch
Seattle Country Day School
