DonateBooksMA — Our Mission
We believe no book, DVD, CD, or video game should end up in a landfill while classrooms go without resources and families go without stories.
"Massachusetts families donate millions of books, DVDs, and games every year — but most end up in the trash. We exist to stop that. Every item you hand off to us finds a home where it's needed, read, and loved."
— The DonateBooksMA Team
What We Stand For
Public school teachers in Massachusetts spend hundreds of dollars of their own money on classroom supplies. Books, educational DVDs, and learning materials donated through us go directly to classrooms that need them — at zero cost to the teachers or their schools. A donated book today could be a student's favorite book forever.
Families in shelters, transitional housing, and community centers often have little access to books or entertainment. Your donated novels, children's books, movies, and games become a source of comfort, learning, and joy for people going through their hardest moments. Every donation is an act of care for a neighbor you may never meet.
Massachusetts has hundreds of Little Free Libraries — those charming street-corner book boxes that run on community generosity. We keep them stocked. When you donate, your books end up in neighborhoods across the Commonwealth, free for anyone to take, read, and pass on. That's a ripple effect that doesn't end.
The Numbers
Items Rescued
Schools Reached
Cities Served
% Free to Donors
Where Your Donation Goes
Books and educational materials go to teachers and classroom libraries at underfunded Massachusetts public schools.
Children's books, novels, DVDs, and games go to shelters and family resource centers throughout the state.
Your books get restocked into neighborhood free libraries so the entire community can access them — permanently and freely.
Video games, DVDs, and CDs find new homes in youth programs, afterschool clubs, and community recreation centers.
Distribution Breakdown
The Process
STEP 01
Tell us what you have — books, DVDs, CDs, video games — and where you're located. Takes under 2 minutes.
STEP 02
We confirm a convenient pickup time that works for you, anywhere across Massachusetts. No cost, no hassle.
STEP 03
We carefully sort every item and match it to the right destination — classroom, shelter, library, or youth program.
STEP 04
Real people in Massachusetts communities get your items. A student reads your book. A family watches your DVD. A child plays your game.
What We Believe
We accept books in all conditions, DVDs, CDs, and video games. If it can be read, watched, or played, it has value to someone.
We will never charge donors. Your time and your items are the gift — we handle everything else at no cost to you.
We serve Massachusetts communities. Items donated here stay here — supporting the neighbors and students closest to you.
Landfills don't need more books. Every item we rescue is one less piece of waste and one more story passed on.