Bookmobile News

It’s that time of the year again, when the Free Bookmobile is hard at work helping vulnerable children avoid the loss in literacy skills that can accompany the summer break. And hard at work behind the scenes are our friends at United Way of the Wine Country, who have once again partnered with Exchange Bank to collect high quality children’s books to boost our efforts. This is a great time to help your kids evaluate their collections and decide which books they have outgrown or won’t read again. Please bring them to us! There are lots of young minds out there eager to discover new books to read, eager to keep up their educational growth. Youngsters who can’t afford to shop at bookstores and from families that don’t prioritize trips to the library.

Participating is easy: just pack up your contributions (banker’s boxes are best) and bring them to ANY Exchange Bank location in Sonoma County during business hours. There are clearly marked bins designated for United Way in each lobby, or you can tell any of the staff that your books are for the summer children’s book drive. ALL donated titles will come to the Free Bookmobile, to make sure our shelves are full of the best the community has to offer. We are already underway on a big outreach schedule — we promise to get your books into the hands of those who need them most!