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—or volunteer with us—

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Donate Books or Volunteer with Us!

What’s BookSmiles?

The Kiwanis Club of Point Pleasant is proud to support BookSmiles, a non-profit organization that brings books to children and classrooms in need throughout the Greater Philadelphia area. BookSmiles is based in Pennsauken, NJ.

How to Donate Books in Pt. Pleasant Boro or Wall Township

Donate in Point Pleasant

Our 3 brightly painted garbage-can-sized recycling bins accept donations of new or gently used books at the Point Pleasant Boro Recycling Center/Arthur Avenue Recycling Center located behind Stop & Shop Plaza at the intersection of Bridge Avenue & Route 88 in Pt. Pleasant Boro. You must be a Boro resident to enter the center and dropoff books!

We accept adult and kids books, all genres—but no reference (encyclopedias, dictionaries). Please donate with dignity: No books that are falling apart.

You must visit during the recycling center’s official hours.

Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 3:45 pm
Saturday 9:00 am – 2:45 pm
Sundays (March – December) 9:00 am – 11:50 am

Donate in Wall Township

Donation bins at both Wall Township recycling centers are out. You do not have to be a resident to donate! Wall Township will store books on-site for us, so we don’t need volunteers at those locations. BookSmiles will pick up books directly in Wall.

Monday - Friday

7 am - 3:30 pm

  1. NORTH RECYCLING CENTER 2801 Taft Street

  2. SOUTH RECYCLING CENTER 2301 Tiltons Corner Road

How to Help: Volunteer to Transport Books Locally

Now anyone in the community can volunteer with Kiwanis—you don’t have to be a member (or a Point Pleasant resident!).

  • Collect donations from the Pt. Boro Recycling Center and transport them to our nearby storage unit in Brick. We will have a Kiwanis member at the storage unit every other Saturday at 2 p.m. SHARP (1 p.m. starting in 2025!). You’ll meet the Kiwanis member in the parking lot outside the facility who will give you access to the storage unit. You’ll empty books into the storage unit, and you’re on your way.

  • Two teams of volunteers will empty bins every other week. You don’t have to coordinate with each other, but there’s extra manpower if our book bins are full and your cars can’t hold them all.

  • If the bins are empty when you get to the recycling center, you’re free to go.

  • If you can’t fit everything in your car, just take what you can. You don’t need to go back.

  • We’re using Signup.com to manage volunteers. Sign up here for a book pickup shift. When you sign up, you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp.

  • You can volunteer once or numerous times.

  • You will need a vehicle to transport books.

  • If you need a letter to verify your volunteer hours, just email pointpleasantkiwanis@gmail.com.

Interested in learning more, want to do a drive for your school or organization, or want to host a bin? Contact pointpleasantkiwanis@gmail.com.