Books for troops on deployment?

[zizibet]

I thought I'd post this here because I might get more specific answers than on ML. A book blogger friend of DP's is having to get rid of a lot of books-she's having another baby. She'd be more than happy to donate them to troops on deployment if she can figure out how- Does anyone have any ideas?
  A little background- these are primarily science fiction and fantasy, most are less than 5 years old, they are in very good shape.

[Deleted]

She'd probably be best off mailing them to a specific person overseas. But most established locations have piles and piles of books sitting around already. Has she thought about donating them to a local shelter, prison, or school?

[killercupcake]

There is an organization that does this, but I cannot for the life of me remember what it is.

[zizibet]

I'll let her know. She's donated the YA her local schools will take to them. It's a conservative area, so they won't touch most of it. There aren't prisons close enough to make it easy for her.

[zizibet]

Thanks everyone.

[zizibet]

Thanks Stan. I think she is.

[Dory1988]

If you're still looking for a place to send them I'll ask my husband what organization he signed up with. He received a couple hundred books in Afghan that he shared with everyone.

[NandaB]

I don't go here, but my MOMS club "adopted" a deployed group (troop?) from a website and on their wish list they had reading material. We did have to pay to ship it though

[zizibet]

Feb 14, 2015 17:06:58 GMT -5 Dory1988 said:

If you're still looking for a place to send them I'll ask my husband what organization he signed up with. He received a couple hundred books in Afghan that he shared with everyone.

Please do!