About Host a Book Drive for Aunt Mary's Storybook

Aunt Mary’s Storybook is now serving 14 correctional facilities in Illinois: 7 county jails and 7 state prisons. Many of these facilities are visited once each month, and some even multiple times each month. With our vast expansion, the need for new and like-new children’s books is greater than ever.

Please consider leading a book drive to benefit Aunt Mary’s Storybook at Companions Journeying Together. Your civic, corporate, university, or church group will find this particularly rewarding; the books you donate will be placed directly in the hands of low-income children living across the state of Illinois. In addition to the book, the child receives an audio recording of their incarcerated parent reading from the book, as well as a short personal message.

Check out our book donation guide. We have drop-off locations in Western Springs, Chicago’s Loop, Kane County, and Will County. If you’re located near one of the facilities in which we serve, we can also arrange pick-up from your location.

Application Process

Check out our book donation guide. We have drop-off locations in Western Springs, Chicago’s Loop, Kane County, and Will County. If you’re located near one of the facilities in which we serve, we can also arrange pick-up from your location.

Then complete the online form and Scott McWilliams will contact you. https://cjtinc.org/book-drive/

Family-Friendly

Parents and children are invited and encouraged to get involved.