Starting November 1st, the Downers Grove location of Barnes & Noble will be offering the opportunity to each of their customers the chance to purchase a new kids book for Sharing Connections.

The books will be delivered to our warehouse in mid-December to be used for our annual client Christmas program and will go directly to families using our services. In addition, books will be provided to schools that cannot afford to purchase books for their children's library.

"We always look forward to being able to work with families during the Christmas season - and now that we can provide books for the second year in a row, it just makes it all the more special," said a Sharing Connections volunteer.

Benefits like this could not be possible without the wonderful support of businesses like Barnes & Noble and their generous customers who purchase books for the children of our client families. We encourage you to visit the Downers Grove location of Barnes and Noble today and support their business so that they can continue to give back to the community.

We have been amazed by the generosity of the customers who have purchased books for our client children through Barnes & Noble in Downers Grove. With our first pickup we've already received 1,000 books that we will be able to distribute this Christmas.

All this could not have been possible without the hard work by Barnes & Noble and the generosity of their customers. Your donations will help many this Christmas.