Georgetown University Angel Book Drive
We never forget the books we loved as children. The Angel Book Drive is an opportunity for members of the Georgetown University community to bring the gift of reading to children and young adults in the Washington, D.C. area who have limited access to reading materials.
Each year, the University community donates thousands of books to children and young people in the D.C. community. We have distributed books to local schools, shelters, hospitals, health centers, and other organizations. Please join us this year by donating a copy of your favorite new or gently used children’s book or by volunteering your time to help sort donations.
Donate in Person or Online
Contributing to the Georgetown Angel Book Drive is easy! Participants simply drop off new or gently used books for children and young adults at one of several collection sites across our campuses.
Donations should be shared by December 9, 2024.
Donate by mail
Donations may also be sent via mail to:
Attn: Angel Book Drive
3700 O Street, N.W.
Healy Hall 204
Washington, DC 20057
Donate online
You can also donate using the Georgetown Angel Book Drive’s Wishlist. Choose from suggested titles or pick your own childhood favorite!
Collection Bin Locations
Drop off new or gently used books at any one of the locations around campus, listed below.
Hilltop Campus
- Building D (lobby)
- Campus Recreation (check-in desk)
- Car Barn lobby
- The Georgetown University Bookstore
- Hariri Building (second-floor atrium)
- Healey Family Student Center
- Hoya Kids
- ICC (third-floor elevators)
- John R. Thompson Jr. Intercollegiate Athletic Center (Bus Turnaround entrance)
- Lauinger Memorial Library (lobby)
- The Office of the President (second-floor Healy Hall)
- Pedro Arrupe, S.J. Hall (lobby)
- Pre-Clinical Science Building (outside Dahlgren Memorial Library)
- St. Mary’s Hall (front lobby)
Capitol Campus
- Eric. E. Hotung International Law Building (lobby)
- Edward Bennett Williams Law Library (lobby)
- 500 First Street, NW (lobby)
School of Continuing Studies
- Level C1 (front desk)
2115 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
- Lobby elevators
Through the years, the Georgetown University Angel Book Drive has partnered with programs throughout the Washington, D.C. region. Past partner organizations have included:
Children’s National Medical Center (CNMC) is the only exclusive provider of pediatric care in the metropolitan Washington area.
Crossway Community is a non-profit organization that offers services to the D.C. community to reduce poverty and create social change
Georgetown University Hospital provides care to countless patients and uses the book donations throughout the hospital including the pediatric mobile van and the NICU.
Hope and a Home is a community-based organization providing low-income families with the tools to create sustainable homes for themselves and their families.
Jumpstart brings together college students and community volunteers to help ensure that children in America enter school prepared to succeed.
KIPP DC is a network of public, college preparatory charter schools in Washington DC. The Aim Academy was created to continue the success of KIPP DC’s first school, Key Academy.
LaSalle Public Elementary Schools operates three school buildings servicing Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade.
Bright Beginnings – The Perry School Community Service Center provides services to individuals in DC facing poverty. Bright Beginnings serves as a developmental childcare center.
St. Ann’s program provides residential care and services to abused and neglected children and to single pregnant and parenting adolescents.
Scrilla Carmelitas Day Care Center provides childcare services to over 40 families.
So Others Might Eat (SOME) is an interfaith, community based organization serving D.C.’s homeless and extremely poor citizens.
Thea Bowman House
SOME’s Thea Bowman Housing Program provides housing for families in need.
Washington Jesuit Academy (WJA) is a Catholic middle school offering tuition-free education to disadvantaged boys in the 6th, 7th, and 8th graders.