Donate to book drive in Linn County for distribution on Martin Luther King Day

LINN COUNTY — Green Iowa AmeriCorps is partnering with Linn County Conservation and other community organizations for a book drive now through Sunday. Books are being collected to distribute back into the community for residents who may have limited access to books and other educational materials.

“Our purpose is to help provide books to underrepresented communities,” says Green Iowa AmeriCorps member Michael Gartner. “We hope people will find some books they no longer use and drop them off to one of our partner locations. Together, we can help empower underserved children to read their way to a better future.”

Donations may include books about civil rights, the environment, children’s books, young adult books, fiction

Book drop off sites during normal operation hours include:

• Wickiup Hill Learning Center (Linn County Conservation Headquarters), 10260 Morris Hills Rd, Toddville

• St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 1340 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids

• Matthew 25, 201 Third Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids

• Hiawatha Library, 150 Willman St., Hiawatha

African American Museum of Iowa (through 4 p.m. Saturday), 55 12th Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids

Bins will be provided at each drop off site. All donated books will be used during a book drive on Monday, Martin Luther King Day. Book drives will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Matthew 25 and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Wellington Heights Community Church, where residents are encouraged to come and select a book or two to take home.