Marina Del Rey Amazon Books Shopping Benefits Venice Shelter

MARINA DEL REY, CA — Marina del Rey Amazon Books store hosted a special shopping event Friday to provide hundreds of books for youth at Pacific Sunset Bridge Home in Venice.

The event celebrates World Book Day with an in-store shopping spree to benefit shelter residents in Venice. It's part of a partnership with Amazon Books Marina del Rey and The Book Foundation.

The books were donated by the store, and will stock the organization’s library installation, or ‘Book Nook,’ which will be installed at the Westside shelter next week.

The Book Foundation is a Los Angeles-based non-profit that helps get new books into the hands of children in underserved areas. The organization's work is based in the belief that literacy is the key to opening doors and creating opportunity.

This World Book Day event is part of a two-week nationwide Amazon Books campaign through May 3, where customers can gift new books at checkout to a local nonprofit organization focused on children’s literacy. All Amazon Books stores in Southern California will donate the books collected throughout the campaign to The Book Foundation.

“Our store team is honored to be here today to partner with our friends at The Book Foundation to shop for hundreds of books to help stock the first library, or “Book Nook,” for the youth living at the Pacific Sunset Bridge Home in neighboring Venice Beach," said Irina Bekker, Amazon Books Marina Del Rey Lead Associate.

"I am so glad that today my team at Amazon Books Marina del Rey is able to provide these books for youth at The Pacific Sunset Bridge Home," Bekker said. "I hope these stories inspire them the way they have always inspired me."

The donations are a step forward for children who need them, organizers said.

“The Book Foundation is excited to be here today with our partners at the Marina del Rey Amazon Books store to provide hundreds of books to youth experiencing homelessness at the Pacific Sunset Bridge House," said Ruth Stalford, Founder and Executive Director of The Book Foundation. "We believe that literacy is the key to opening doors and creating opportunity, and our mission is to get new books into the hands of children in underserved areas. Fulfilling our mission wouldn’t be possible without donations like this from our friends at Amazon Books in Marina del Rey."

To donate and participate, visit the Marina del Rey Amazon Books store at 4752 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey.

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