Fostering positive experiences + connection by improving literacy access in the community of Camden, NJ.thefreebooksproject.org Camden, NJJoined February 2025
We had a great time giving away books at the Historic Macedonia AME Church’s “Back 2 School Event”! 📚✨
Thank you so much to Reverend Dr. Tiffany Malone for the invitation, and to the kind folks who stopped by our table 🙏
Alex was happy to find this Bible graciously donated by our good friend Diane ✨
We accept donations of any and all religious texts and are so happy when they find their way to a new home.
We had a wonderful time giving away books at DJ Wagner’s Annual Community Drive over the weekend 🙌
Many thanks to Keyann’a at City of Camden Government for inviting us to be part of such a great event! 🙏
Today we’re brimming with gratitude for the @Rutgers_Camden Center for the Arts, @MightyWriters, La Ingrata Camden, and Dimitri Reyes for partnering with us to host wonderful celebrations of Sandra Cisneros' “The House on Mango Street” in association with the @NEABigRead! 🥰🙏
Today we celebrate Black freedom, resilience, and achievement, and as we observe Juneteenth, we reflect with gratitude and admiration on all who have fought for hard-won progress and liberation, and all who are still working to make our society more equitable & just ✊❤️
We are thrilled to report that last week @Rutgers_Camden bestowed our founder & executive director Tom Martin with a Chancellor’s Award for Diversity, Inclusion, & Community Engagement!
Many thanks to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for this honor, & congratulations to Tom!
Young Writers Workshop, @KidsAlleyCamden-style! ✍️ With thanks to Julie of @Inkwoodnj for the journals & to the kids for reading & writing poems with us! ❤️
Our Director of Marketing and Development, @amyszzz, wears many hats (so to speak 👒) & yesterday she read to the kids from @KidsAlleyCamden & led them in an Easter egg hunt! 🐣
We had such a great time hosting a pop-up library alongside Story Time with Tom Tracy (@teebirdjr) this weekend! 📚🎉
Thank you to everyone who came out, and to Tom Tracy for including us in this wonderful event 🙏💕
Reading is such a crucial part of growth & personal development & EVERYONE should have easy access to the books they need to flourish.
To that end, we host pop-up libraries & fill book arks to improve literacy access in Camden.
Subscribe or share to support us in our mission 🙏
Reading is such a crucial part of growth & personal development & EVERYONE should have easy access to the books they need to flourish.
To that end, we host pop-up libraries & fill book arks to improve literacy access in Camden.
Subscribe or share to support us in our mission 🙏
We're so excited to partner with Tom Tracy (@teebirdjr) for this great event on Saturday! 🙌
Bring the kids for story time & grab some free books from our pop-up library! 📚
Registration Required: go.rutgers.edu/fww41b1
Hope to see you there! 💕
We're launching a Patreon to raise funds toward continuing to serve Camden and the surrounding areas by increasing literacy access 📚✨
Please consider subscribing or sharing to your networks 🙏💜
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Our graphic novel drive is starting off strong! 🙌 (thx @ferozaazizz 🙏)
ICYMI: We're seeking donations of graphic novels & comic books to distribute among underserved communities. Bins are at @Rutgers_Camden (at the @RobesonLibrary, the Cooper St. entrance & the Campus Center)
Due to overwhelming interest, we're seeking donations of graphic novels, comic books & manga to distribute among underserved communities.
Donation bins (by @ferozaazizz 🙏) are on the @Rutgers_Camden campus at the @RobesonLibrary, the Cooper St. entrance, & the Campus Center.
It’s always a good time with the @KidsAlleyCamden crew 🙌 We 🫶 these kids! Thanks for another great visit ♥️ & thanks to Rhoda for the Valentine’s Day goodie bags 🙏
Amazing news for all of us: we’re restarting our MFA student reading series, and our second-years will be reading at @Tmoms two weeks from today. Come out, show them some love, and hear what they’ve been working on!
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