Donate Dreams Book Drive

Your book donation helps put dreams and literacy into the hands of children and provides life skills and work experience for young adult students with disabilities. In particular, we need children’s board and picture books, however, all children’s book donations are appreciated and can be used.

Thank you for helping us build a stronger, healthier community!

Join the Effort

Contact HMGO at helpmegrow@oaisd.org for a Donate Dreams, Give Books collection box to be delivered to your place of business or community agency.

Let your building know the Donate Dreams, Give Book collection box is here and ready! Some ideas include:

Make announcements at staff meetings and in newsletters.
Print posters to post in break rooms etc.
Offer a jeans day or similar for donations.

Let us know when it is ready for pick-up and we will come collect the box.

Thank you for your interest in helping children gain free books and skills to last a lifetime!

Quick Steps

1. Contact HMG Care Coordinator to register your Book Drive.

2. We will supply you with posters and drop off a bin.

3. Hold your book drive.

4. Let us know when it is full!

5. Our students will pick them up, sort them and help get them into the hands of children in Ottawa County!

Who We Are

The Donate Dream Books program provides free books to children from birth to elementary age through local support agencies.

When you place new and gently used books into the Donate Dreams, Give Books collection box, you are also placing them into the hands of children who need them and helping students with special needs gain real-world work/life skills.

Facilitated by Ottawa Area ISD, Donate Dreams, Give Books helps Young Adult Services students between the ages of 18-26 with disabilities learn life skills as they process, categorize, keep inventory, and prepare books for distribution. Books are then distributed to agencies identified by Help Me Grow-Ottawa, a service that connects families with children ages prenatal through five years old to local resources to help families thrive.