Each year the company donates millions of books to organizations large and small.

The Scholastic Book Grants Program is an in-kind giving initiative that provides high-quality reading materials to children in need. The Company's goal is to ensure that each of its book donations has a significant impact on fostering literacy.

Each year the company donates books to organizations large and small.

Hurricane Sandy Book Grant Request for Schools and Libraries

To help in the recovery efforts with support for the educators, families and students who have suffered losses in the hardest-hit areas of the tri-state region, Scholastic is accepting book grant requests and will provide new books to get tens of thousands of students reading and learning again. Scholastic is working in partnership with Kids in Distressed Situations (K.I.D.S.) to distribute the book donations.

Eligibility Requirements:
• Schools and libraries in the tri-state region suffering significant damage from Hurricane Sandy are eligible.
• Organizations must be able to pick-up their donations from an assigned K.I.D.S. warehouse in their area.
• A variety of pick-up dates will be made available and organizations will be notified of these dates after receiving approval of their applications.
Note: One donation per school or library. Please coordinate with your organization’s staff before submitting your application.

Hurricane Sandy Book Grant Recipients


New York
A.B.L.E. Discovery Center for Children, Belle Harbor
Alden Terrace School, Valley Stream
Barry and Florence Friedberg JCC, Long Beach
Blackheath Pre-K Center, Long Beach
Boardman Elementary School 9E, Oceanside
Bright Star Academy, Oceanside
Buratino Day Care-UPK, Brooklyn
Challenge Preparatory Charter School, Far Rockaway
Creative Kids, Brooklyn
East Elementary School, Long Beach
Family Head Start, Brooklyn
Francis X. Hegarty School, Island Park
Friends of Gerritsen Beach Library, Brooklyn
Fulton Avenue School #8, Oceanside
Gribbin Elementary School
Guardian Angel School, New York
Harding Avenue Elementary School, Lindenhurst
Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, Long Beach
IS 2 George Egbert Middle School, Staten Island
IS 211 John Wilson, Brooklyn
IS 281- Joseph B. Cavallaro School
IS 303- Herbert S Eisenberg School
Island Park Public LIbrary, Island Park
Islander's Kids Learning Daycare, Staten Island
Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy
Leo F. Giblyn Elementary School, Freeport
Lido Elementary School, Lido Beach
Lindell Elementary School, Long Beach
Little Tots Red Wagon, Breezy Point
Long Beach Catholic School, Long Beach
Long Beach Middle School, Lido Beach
Magnolia Child Care Center, Long Beach
Maimonides Day School, Lake Grove
Mandalay School, Wantagh
Mazel Day School (F.R.E.E.)
Miss Tara's Little Rascals Daycare, Massapequa
MS 323 Scholars Academy, Rockaway Park
New Utrecht High School
Northwest Elementary School, Amityville
Our Lady of Trust Catholic Academy, Brooklyn
Our Learning Environment, Island Park
Pal Carey Gardens Day Care Center, Brooklyn
Peninsula Preparatory Academy Charter School
PS 2 Meyer London School, New York
PS 15 Patrick F. Daly
PS 18 Park Terrace
PS 19 Asher Levy Elementary School, New York
PS 38 George Cromwell, Staten Island
PS 42 R. Vernam, Arverne
PS 43, Far Rockaway
PS 47Q,Broad Channel
PS 50 Frank Hankinson, Staten Island
PS 52 John C Thompson School, Staten Island
PS 90 Edna Cohen
PS 95,Brooklyn
PS 102 Jacques Cartier
PS 105 The Bay School,Far Rockaway
PS 106, Far Rockaway
PS 114 The Belle Harbor School, Belle Harbor
PS 140 Nathan Straus
PS 146 Howard Beach,Howard Beach
PS 184 Shuang Wen
PS 188 Michael E. Berdy,Brooklyn
PS 195K Manhattan Beach
PS 197 The Ocean School,Far Rockaway
PS 207 Brooklyn
PS 207 Rockwood Park School, Howard Beach
PS 225 Eileen E Zaglin School
PS 253 Far Rockaway
PS 253, Brooklyn
PS 276 Louis Marshall, Brooklyn
PS 277 Gerritsen Beach School, Brooklyn
PS 279 The Herman Schreiber School, Brooklyn
PS 317 Waterside Children's Studio School, Rockaway Park
PS/IS 323
PS 329 The Surfside School, Brooklyn
PS 333 Goldie Maple Academy, Far Rockaway
PS 377 Alejandina B De Gautier
PS 386 School for Environmental Citizenship
Queens Library (Branches include Seaside, Peninsula, Arverne, Far Rockaway, Far Rockaway Teen Library, Broad Channel and Howard Beach)
Reach For The STARS, Howard Beach
Rhame Avenue Elementary School, East Rockaway
Ridge Elementary School, Ridge
Riverhead Charter School, Calverton
SBJC Nursery School, Baldwin
South Oceanside Road School #4, Oceanside
Southwest Nassau Mothers Center, East Rockaway
St. Camillus School, Rockaway Park
St. Francis de Sales School, Belle Harbor
St. Helen School, Howard Beach
St. Rose of Lima, Rockaway Beach
Staten Island Community Center, Staten Island
Talmud Torah Siach Yitzchok
Temple Emanu-El of Long Beach Nursery School, Long Beach
Torah Academy for Girls, Far Rockaway
Village Academy
Warbasse Nursery School, Brooklyn
Waterside School for Leadership, Rockaway Park
WAVE Preparatory Elementary School
West Elementary School, Long Beach
Wonder Year Preschool, Staten Island
Yeshiva of Belle Harbor, Brooklyn
Young Israel of Long Beach Library, Long Beach
  New Jersey
AC Redshaw Elementary School, New Brunswick
Bay Head School Library, Bay Head
Beach Haven School
Bright Beginnings, Hoboken
Drum Point Road Elementary School
Ethel A. Jacobsen School, Surf City
Frog Pond Elementary School, Little Egg Harbor
George J. Mitchell School, Little Egg Harbor
Hugh H Boyd Elementary School, Seaside Heights
Indian Hill School
JFK Elementary, Jamesburg
Joseph R. Bolger Middle School
Joseph A. Citta Elementary, Toms River
Kiel School, Kinnelon
Lake Hiawatha School
Memorial Elementary, Little Ferry
Monmouth Beach Library, Monmouth Beach
Monmouth Beach School, Monmouth Beach
Mullica Township School District
Nellie F. Bennett Elementary School, Point Pleasant
New Jersey Avenue/Brighton Avenue School, Atlantic City
North Bergen School District Preschool Center
Penns Grove-Carney's Point Public Library
Pleasantville Public School (Middle School), Pleasantville
Port Monmouth Road Preschool, Keansburg
Port Monmouth Road School, Keansburg
Red Bank Primary School, Red Bank
Robert L. Craig School, Moonachie
St. Denis School, Manasquan
The OLC School and Little Harbor Academy, Jersey City
Union Beach Memorial School, Union Beach
Uptown School Complex, Atlantic City
Ventnor Educational Community Complex, Ventnor
Young Explorers Childcare and Learning Center

Connecticut
Bridgeport Hope School, Bridgeport

Special Thanks

Special thanks to the following organizations that have
donated services to facilitate the book distributions:
K.I.D.S
Community FoodBank of New Jersey
HopeNYC
Legacy Center NYC
C.H. Robinson
TCSI – Transland

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