Give Books...

Collection Sites

Donate your gently used children's books to the Bright Red Bookshelf project. Drop off books in bright red crates in these Ithaca, NY locations or call 607-277-8602.

• Brookton’s Market, Brooktondale
• Buffalo Street Books
• City Health Club
• CMC Convenient Care Center
• Cornell Public Service Center
• Covered Bridge Market, Newfield
• The Drop-In Center
• Dryden Family Medicine
• GreenStar Cooperative Market
• Island Health and Fitness
• Ithaca Coffee Company, downtown
• Lansing United Methodist Church
• Loaves and Fishes
• Sciencenter
• Tompkins Cortland Community College
• Women’s Community Bldg.
• YMCA
• Wegmans

Bookshelf sites

Free children's books for families! Select books at:

• Catholic Charities - 324 W. Buffalo St.
• Cayuga Medical Center - Emergency Room
• Criminal Justice Court Office - 312 N. Cayuga St.
• Convenient Care Center - 10 Arrowwood Dr.
• The Drop-In Center - 506 First St.
• Family & Children’s Service - 127 W. State St.
• The Friendship Center - 618 W. State St.
• GreenStar Cooperative Mkt. - 701 W. Buffalo St.
• Groton Assembly of God Church- 701 S. Main St., Groton
• Ithaca Free Clinic - 521 W. Seneca St.
• Ithaca Police Station - 118 E. Clinton St.
• Loaves and Fishes - 210 N. Cayuga St.
• Sciencenter - 601 First St.
• TCA/Head Start - 701 Spencer Rd.
• T.C. Family Court - 320 N. Tioga St.
• T.C. Health Department - 55 Brown Rd.
• T.C. Human Services Building - 320 W. State St.
• T.C. Sheriff’s Department - 779 Warren Rd.
• Tompkins Learning Partners - 124 W. Buffalo St.
• Wegmans Food & Pharmacy - 500 S. Meadow St.
• Brookton’s Market - Brooktondale Rd., Bktndale
• Covered Bridge Market - Main St., Newfield
• Dryden Family Medicine - 5 Evergreen St., Dryden
• TC3 Child Care Center - Tompkins Cortland Community College, Dryden

Books are also given to families through the Advocacy Center, Enfield After School Program, Law Guardian Office, WIC, and food pantries in Danby, Enfield, Caroline/Brooktondale, Lansing, Salvation Army, & Immaculate Conception Church.

If your group would like to conduct a book drive for the Bright Red Bookshelf, call the Family Reading Partnership at (607) 277-8602. Or e-mail office@familyreading.org.