Running A Book Drive

When you work with us, running a successful book and media drive is easy and straightforward. We make things as simple as possible by supplying you with customized advertisement flyers, collection boxes, an easy to follow “How-To” Guide and Timeline, and a sample contract to use with University Bookstores. Unlike our competitors, you will not have to ship out anything your drive collects. Since we are a locally based social venture, we are able to come to your location and pick everything up ourselves.

In addition, you will have access to a Helping Hands Books representative, who can help you along the way, from start to finish. That representative will provide advice on how to organize, advertise, and run a successful book/media drive. After your drive has been completed, Helping Hands Books will purchase each eligible book, CD, DVD, video game, and video game system you’ve collected at a fair and competitive rate.

Here’s a brief overview of the process:

  1. Get people involved: The more people you have helping you the better, so if your organization has only a few members, partner up with another community, youth or campus organization.
  2. Organize the drive: Hold a planning session, offer free pizza – invite all the volunteers and delegate book drive activities. Don’t forget to have fun!
  3. Promote your drive: Spread the word! Plaster your campus and/or community with flyers. Place an ad in the local paper. Create a Facebook/Myspace event, or get creative in finding ways to publicize your book drive.
  4. Start collecting books: Place collection boxes in a variety of community and/or campus locations (i.e., school/campus offices, school/campus libraries, firehouses, post-offices, community libraries, at sports games and other community events.
  5. Store everything you’ve collected in storage boxes provided by Helping Hands Books.
  6. Call for a pick-up: Contact Helping Hands Books and ask a representative to come and pick up the books once your drive is complete.

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