2025 Donation Information!
We have chosen another fabulous non-profit to work with this year. Books on the House. Their Website https://booksonthehouse.org/about states: “Books on the House is a nonprofit organization that provides free books to children and adults of all backgrounds via our bookmobile. We believe access to books opens doors—to learning, discovery, and personal growth. Whether it’s a story that sparks a lifelong love of reading or books about business, health, or finances, our collection reflects the wide-ranging needs and interests of the communities we serve. We’re committed to making literacy—in all its forms—accessible to everyone, because we believe we’re not just giving away books for free; we’re empowering our communities to unlock their full potential for growth.”
We greatly appreciate the opportunity to work with this non-profit. We are hoping for great quantities of books to supply their bookmobile.
As always our fundraiser will run from October 6-October 25.
Amazon link: Will be live on October 6th.
Click the link at the bottom to donate.
Your Donation Matters.
Joy for Jean is a non profit organization providing books to schools in honor of Jean Malik.
2021: we worked with St. Michael Parish as well as Whittier Elementary both located in Wheaton Illinois to provide books for classrooms and the library.
St. Michael Parish requested 42 books last year. We were able to deliver 29 of them to the school.
Whittier Elementary requested 36 books last year. We were able to deliver 16 of those.
2022: we provided books to one school in NC and another in IL. We were able to complete both lists with over 100 books.
2023: Our 2023 Partnership with Promising Pages was a HUGE success. We raised our goal of $3000. I dropped off a check to Promising Pages in January. I received an email that the donation would go towards their “Books on Break” program which provides 1 diverse book and 4 other books to each child that attends the free book fair. This goes towards summer reading as kids who do not keep up their reading over the summer tend to fall behind.
They were able to purchase 1297 books with the money that was raised.
2024: Our 2024 Partnership with Reach out and Read North Carolina was again, a huge success. With the funds that were raised and the books that were donated, we were able to donate 85 books for a total of $2255 and change.
This clinic serves a patient population that is underinsured and is very appreciative of books to help build their own home library. We know books are a luxury that many families cannot afford, but your gift has brought so much joy to many families. They can enjoy these books over and over again and will most likely stay with them for a long time.
St. Michael Parish did a unit on a book that we donated. This was up with the pictures the kids decorated.
We will work with these schools to determine what books they are looking to add to their libraries and or classrooms. Once we have those lists we will add them to an Amazon wish list and books can be purchased directly from there. We will add a Joy for Jean sticker prior to donating to the school.
Please check back or sign up for our mailing list to get updates on these wish lists! You can also donate here and the money will be used to purchase books not selected from the lists.
Please use our school nomination form to nominate schools for future contributions
Joy for Jean is a registered 501(c)(3) company.