Dear Friends,

We need your help to diversify! Open Books aspires to promote literacy as energetically and thoroughly as possible, and that means we'd like to work with volunteers, donors, and supporters of every ethnicity, age, gender, side of town, interest, you name it! What can you do? Tell your friends, family, colleagues, and contacts to join Open Books, especially those who represent another cultural experience or point of view! Is your aunt or grandpa a social butterfly? Bring 'em to an event! Are there people at your office who look or think differently than you? Invite them to a book sort! Do you belong to a professional club or community group? Let Open Books set up a service day or book drive with your organization. Our literacy students need a range of role models, and diversity makes for more fun -- and a much more effective, inspiring literacy organization.

Thanks in advance for helping us spread the word and the mission!

Erin Walter
Literacy Director

Open Books is in the news! Check out recent stories about the literacy center and bookstore in/on The New York Times, Chicago Tonight, and more!

What's coming up at Open Books? Orientations and more! Check the events page for all the info.

Are your shelves bursting with books? Donate them to us! It's easy, it's tax-deductible, and it helps support our literacy programming throughout Chicago.