Upcoming Events
October 22, 2026 – Delco Helping Hands Free Resource & Farmers Market, Prospect Park
Delco Book Bank will be joining Delco Helping Hands at their Free Resource & Farmers Market. The event will take place from 11 to 1 at Prospect Park United Methodist Church, 800 Lincoln Ave, Prospect Park.
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November 7, 2026 – Community Baby Shower, Upper Darby
Delco Book Bank looks forward to joining Rep. Curry and Sen. Kearney to provide resources for neighbors who are starting a family. We will have lots of books to share!
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December 12, 2026 – UDBOP Craft Fair & Comicon, Upper Darby
Delco Book Bank is looking forward to helping Santa greet community members and take free pictures at Upper Darby High School. Thanks for including us, UDBOP!
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December 19, 2026 – Murphy’s Giving Market, Upper Darby
Delco Book Bank will join Murphy’s Giving Market‘s holiday giving event for the second year in a row. We have lots of new books that will make great holiday gifts for local kids!
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November to December 2026 – Holiday Giving
Delco Book Bank looks forward to partnering again with local organizations who serve those in need. We will be providing new children’s books for as holiday gifts! Books will be selected based on the ages and interests reported by our partner organizations.
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Past Events
October 13, 2026 – Little Friends, Drexel Hill and Haverford Township
Thank you to the hard-working day care staff who teach our little ones every day. Delco Book Bank was pleased to bring books that each of your students can take home.
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October 10, 2026 – Nether Providence Family Fun Day, Wallingford
Look at all these beautiful books on a beautiful day! We had a great time meeting community members in Nether Providence!
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October 5, 2026 – Lifewerks, Wallingford
LifeWerks in Wallingford now has two boxes of our books for distribution to kids and families! Thanks to Joy and the volunteer team for all the good work you do for local families.
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October 4, 2026 – Optimist Flea Market, Media
Thank you, volunteers! We had a great time at Rose Tree Media Optimist Club Flea Market at DCCC today!!
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October 3, 2026 – Dock Day, Chester
While we were unable to join the event on its rain day, we provided books for Rep. Carol Kazeem‘s office to share with attending families.
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October 2, 2026 – Bushel and a Peck Learning Center, Glenolden
Happy to report that the daycare students at Bushel & a Peck Academy in Glenolden now have their very own Delco Book Bank books to take home and enjoy with their families!
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September 24, 2026 – Busy Bees Learning Tree, Upper Darby
More books for more kids!
Today’s delivery was to Busy Bees Learning Tree in Upper Darby. Each day care student has a book to take home!!
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September 22, 2026 – A Child’s Nest, Folcroft
A rainy, cloudy day = a perfect book reading day!
Today we dropped off books to A Child’s Nest in Folcroft, so kids in both the day care and the after care program have books to take home with them.
Happy reading!!
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September 13, 2026 – St. Edmond’s Home for Children, Radnor Township
We finished our weekend off by delivering books to St. Edmond’s Home for Children!
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September 12, 2026 – Parkside Community Day, Parkside
We were happy to be at Parkside Community Day at Parkside Elementary today! It was great to meet community members and help the kids to pick out fun books.
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September 4, 2026 – Community YMCA of Eastern Delaware County
Delco Book Bank has visited each branch of the Community YMCA of Eastern Delaware County to provide a book for every day care and after care student. Thank you to our wonderful donors who have made this possible!
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August 24, 2026 – Christ Lutheran Church, Upper Darby
Thank you, Christ Lutheran Church, for supporting the community with your Family Outreach event! We are proud to provide books that your families can enjoy together.
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August 23, 2026 – Drexel Hill Raiders, Drexel Hill
If you see the little library at Dermond Field full of sports books…just know that Delco Book Bank has been there! Best of luck with the fall season, Drexel Hill Raiders!
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August 15, 2026 – Delco Helping Hands Family Fun Day, Prospect Park
It was a beautiful day to join Delco Helping Hands at their Family Fun Day! We had a great time meeting community members and helping kids choose books to take home.
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August 14, 2026 – Changing Lanes Learning Center, Darby
And we are keeping the books rolling! Each Changing Lanes Learning Center preschooler has books to take home after today!!
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August 11, 2026 – St. Laurence School, Upper Darby
Nothing better on a Tuesday than fulfilling a request for books that the kindergarteners at St. Laurence School can take home. Thanks to Sister Carolyn for making it happen!
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August 1, 2026 – The Chester Exchange, Chester
We dropped off books to be distributed to reading students at today’s event. Thank you, Chester Exchange!
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July 25, 2026 – Harry’s Hands to Help & Heal, Glenolden
It was fun join Harry’s Hands to Help & Heal at their Christmas in July Parking Lot Sale on this gorgeous Saturday! We love to help our neighbors find books to read together.
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July 8, 2026 – Wayne Cares, Wayne
It was lovely to visit Wayne Cares again today. Their volunteers are professional, kind, and welcoming. We were pleased to offer books to their client families!
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June 22, 2026 – AFA Agency, East Lansdowne
We dropped by AFA Agency to bring new books for their summer campers this morning. Thank you to Dr. Dennis and the AFA staff for helping East Lansdowne kids with the skills they need to succeed at school!
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June 13, 2026 – Delaware County Pride Festival
We were so pleased to join UDTJ at the Pride festival! We had books featuring LGBTQ+ themes and characters for every child who visited our table. Every kid deserves to feel represented in the books they read.
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May 14, 2026 – CASSE
Delco Book Bank fulfilled the first part of our summer reading book donations today by dropping off books for the summer campers of CASSE Tutoring. Happy reading! Thank you, CASSE!
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May 6 to 7, 2026 – Delco Gives
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Delco Book Bank is humbled by the generosity of our supporters for Delco Gives Day. We are so proud to serve Delaware County children.
Your donations will help us get more books to more kids! Thank you to all of our friends, and thank you to The Foundation for Delaware County!
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May 5, 2026 – Drexel Hill Little League
Drexel Hill Sports Fans, our volunteer has refilled the little library at Dermond Field in Drexel Hill by the DHLL snack stand. Drexel Hill Little League and Llanerch Hills Baseball athletes and fans have some new choices to check out!
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May 2, 2026 – Garrettford Elementary School Spring Fair
Many thanks to the Garrettford Home & School Association for including us in today’s fair in Drexel Hill. It was great to help our neighbors choose books and to watch the kids having a great time!
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April 30, 2026 – Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry
We enjoyed meeting the folks at Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry in Prospect Park today. We brought them 3 boxes of books to refill their shelves. Thank you for caring for our neighbors!
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April 23, 2026 to April 29, 2026 – Step by Step Learning Center
Delco Book Bank has visited each of the five Step by Step locations with a book for every one of their students. Thank you to them for caring for Delco kids!
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April 7, 2026 – Walnut Street Elementary School
We visited Walnut Street Elementary School in Darby in
the William Penn School District today to
pass along some books. The books will be sent home with families. Thank you to the school staff for all the work you do!
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March 29, 2026 – Parkside Fire Company No. 1
It was a pleasure joining our friends from Delco Books for a Brighter Start at the Parkside Fire Company No. 1 Breakfast with the Bunny today! We exchanged ideas about book distribution, sent kids away with armfuls of books, and high-fived the hard-working Easter Bunny. Thank you to our hosts at the fire department for all you do!
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March 28, 2026 – Grands Stepping Up
It’s always a pleasure to work with the lovely people at Grands Stepping Up! We are so impressed with the work they do. We provided 485 new books for their Grand and Kinship Easter baskets and Birthday Club. A huge thank you to the DBB volunteers who joined us and made everything go smoothly!
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March 26, 2026 – Children’s Resource Fair
We spent the evening with the staff of Rep. Gina H. Curry at their Children’s Resource Fair in Upper Darby. It was lovely to chat with community members and help kids find interesting books to take home!
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March 21, 2026 – Drexel Hill Little League
We have stopped by Dermond Field in Drexel Hill to provide a stack of sports books for the little library by Drexel Hill Little League’s snack stand.
Happy reading! Thank you to the dedicated volunteers who serve young athletes!
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March 20, 2026 – Caring Heart Child Care Center
Today we met the nice folks at Caring Heart Child Care Center in Yeadon. We provided a book for each of their day care and after care students to take home!
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March 12, 2026 – Covenant Nursery School
We visited Covenant Nursery School in Springfield on a rainy morning yesterday and provided books for their 4 and 5-year olds to take home! It was lovely to meet their friendly staff!
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March 5, 2026 – Academy Park High School
At a staff member’s request, we dropped off 30 books today to Academy Park to be distributed to interested students. Happy reading!
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February 26, 2026 – Rep. Joanna McClinton
Today we met staff members at Rep. Joanna McClinton’s office! We have provided books for her upcoming visits to Bell Avenue and Evans Elementary Schools in Yeadon. The students can choose books to take home.
Thank you for helping Delco kids!
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February 18, 2026 – Wayne Cares
Delco Book Bank was grateful to join Wayne Cares this evening! We distributed children’s books and provided additional books for their clients to enjoy in the upcoming weeks.
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February 18, 2026 – Kids Kampus
Donor families, organizations, and businesses make it possible for Delco Book Bank to provide books for local families who need them! We were pleased to visit Kids Kampus Daycare in Clifton Heights today to give them a book for each of their students to take home.
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February 9, 2026 – Lifewerks
We were pleased to bring 122 books to Lifewerks in Wallingford this afternoon and to meet their volunteers. They will distribute the books to their clients. It’s lovely to meet more of the people who make Delco great!
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February 7, 2026 – Delco Helping Hands
Making new friends at Delco Helping Hands this evening! We brought them 140 books to pass along to their clients. It’s wonderful to see families helping families!
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January 22, 2026 – Building Blocks for Tots
Delco Book Bank was pleased to provide books to Building Blocks for Tots in Drexel Hill! Their students can take the books home to read with their families.
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January 19, 2026 – MLK Day of Service with Grands Stepping Up
Delco Book Bank was honored to join Grands Stepping Up for their MLK Day distribution. We were glad to be able to provide books to our neighbors!
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January 2026
We are so happy to meet people doing great things in Delco!
We delivered 124 books today to AFA Agency in East Lansdowne so that the kids they serve can enjoy them with their families. Stay tuned–we are working on a partnership for helping kids keep reading this summer!
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December 2025 –
Holiday Book Drive 2025 has been a success! With the help of local families and businesses, Delco Book Bank has brought 571 books in five languages to Murphy’s Giving Market. Books have been distributed to families for the holidays!