Feb 7, 2020
From February 18 to March 21, several Albuquerque businesses are accepting donations of new and gently used children’s books. Donations can be dropped off at all Albuquerque Applebee’s, BookWorks, La Montañita Co-op, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Public Libraries, The Canyon Club at Four Hills and Sandia Laboratory Federal Credit Union locations. Since the city-wide launch, almost 500,000 books have been collected. Most books are provided to Title 1 schools and learning centers whose students and families needed them most. Other distribution locations include hospitals, clinics, government offices (waiting rooms), neighborhood associations and community centers. Tens of thousands of books have been loaded onto city buses and the Railrunner.