Yesterday was ECBC’s monthly outpatient delivery day — we re-stocked the bins of our gifting library carts at CHOC’s Outpatient Infusion Center (OPI) and the Oncology Clinic with 457 new books! As usual, we filled the bins with books of every type (e.g., picture books, graphic novels, nonfiction, poetry and much more) and for all patient ages  ranging from infant to young adult. We love providing every patient with the opportunity to select a new high-quality book at every outpatient oncology visit (that they will also hopefully read!).

Thank you to everyone who donated books from our Amazon wish lists this month. Between our outpatient and inpatient programs, we are giving away approximately 500-700 new books monthly, and we are currently gifting more than we are receiving. Which means that we are also needing to purchase books on an ongoing basis. So, every book and monetary donation is a great help!

Please consider donating in one of the following ways to help ECBC sustain our programs and continue to provide access to high-quality books and reading experiences at CHOC Children’s Hospital:

• Donate a book from Ethan’s March Wishlist Fundraiser for nonfiction picture books: bit.ly/wishlist_nonfictionpicturebooks
• Donate a book from our wishlists for board books, graphic novels, learn-to-read books, or informational nonfiction, all of which we have zero in our inventory and are needing to purchase on a regular basis:
  • Board books: https://bit.ly/wishlist_boardbooks
  • Graphic novels: bit.ly/wishlist_graphicnovels
  • Learn-to-read books: https://bit.ly/wishlist_beginningreaderbook
  • Informational nonfiction: https://bit.ly/wishlist_infotext
• Become an ECBC GEM (Give Every Month) and commit to a monthly donation: click HERE

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