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Community Bookshelf

Community Bookshelf

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Community Bookshelf is an outreach program that creates reading spaces in community locations such as clinics, barbershops, senior living facilities, and laundromats.

If you would like to host a Community Bookshelf or recommend a great community space, fill out this interest form.


Community Bookshelf Locations


Children's Sites

  • Kev’s Barber Shop

    3022 W Vernon Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90008

  • L.A. Care Community Resource Center

    7868 Van Nuys Blvd., Panorama City, CA 9140

  • 1st Street WIC Center

    2798 E 1St St Los Angeles CA 90033

  • Stanley Mosk Courthouse-Kids Place Program

    111 N Hill St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

  • Discovery Cube

    11800 Foothill Blvd, Sylmar, CA 91342

  • Gracelight Community Health

    303 Loma Drive, Suite 202, Los Angeles, CA 90017

  • Union Rescue Mission

    45 San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90013

Teen sites

  • Mi Centro

    53 S Clarence St, Los Angeles, CA 90033

  • My Friend’s Place

    5850 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028

Older Adult Sites

  • Gen Space

    3643 Wilshire Blvd Level 3, Los Angeles, CA 90010

  • The Brandman Centers for Senior Care

    7150 Tampa Ave, Reseda, CA 91335

 


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