Our Mission:
Bernie’s Book Bank sources, processes and distributes quality new and gently used children’s books to significantly increase book ownership among at-risk infants, toddlers and school-age children throughout Chicagoland.
Our Goal:
Our goal is to collect, process and distribute 4 MILLION books per year, serving all 400,000 at-risk children in the Chicagoland area with 12 quality books per year. Then we plan to establish Bernie's Book Bank locations in other metropolitan cities across America.
“At Bernie’s Book Bank, we have one main focus,†says Bernie’s Book Bank Founder and Chief Advancement Officer Brian Floriani, “and that is to be the logistical bridge – between where books are and are no longer being used, to where they are not and desperately needed – and significantly increase book ownership of at-risk children in Chicagoland. Because it is through books – holding them, touching them, reading them, learning them – that children have the best opportunities to succeed in this world.â€
Because of our lean operating focus, Bernie’s Book Bank's standard to collect, process and deliver a quality book for just $.67.
Find out more at: www.berniesbookbank.org