Paper Roads is a grassroots, traveling social justice library that delivers books for loan to low-income, racialized, and Indigenous communities in the regions known as Oakville, Burlington, Milton, Hamilton, Guelph, and the Tri-Cities. The majority of our collection is donated by community members. We accept a wide variety of books but require donations to be in good quality and to reflect our commitment to get popular, new, or classic social justice literature to marginalized communities in Ontario.
Pick up and delivery options are available to folx in Oakville, Burlington, Milton, Attiwandaronia (Hamilton), Guelph, and the Haldimand Tract (the Tri-Cities), while folx in Tkaronto and the Peel region must drop their donations off to our founder in Burlington. If you live in Attiwandaronia (Hamilton), Guelph, and the Haldimand Tract (the Tri Cities), it is preferred that you deliver donations, either directly to families via volunteering (below) or to our founder in Burlington (and, to a lesser extent, to another volunteer in the city).
Please note, if you want to donate AND deliver books, please fill out our volunteer form:
https://forms.gle/Wkkqfyt38G6sE6wX8 - please email
jdacost5@yorku.ca after completing the form. This form is ONLY for people who just want to donate books.