Do you have books you no longer use? Don't throw them away! Donate them for a great cause to Golden Key's Books for Africa donation drive. Last year, our Chapter raised more books than any other student drive in Western Canada. With your help, we can do the same in 2008.

To donate, simply drop off your books at select locations on the UBC campus. Green donation boxes labeled "Better World Books" have been set up at several locations to receive your donations: (1) right outside the entrance of the David Lam Library, by the Henry Angus building; (2) right outside the entrance of the Education Library, in the Neville Scarfe building; (3) inside the Abdul Ladha Science Student Centre, on the first floor right behind the door; and (4) in the lobby of the Walter C. Gage Residence towers.

Previously Asked Questions

What can I donate?

College textbooks and study guides (with copyright dates from the past 5 years), any book recently used in a college class, trade paperbacks, workbooks (with no missing pages), in general, books that cover college subject matter: (Math, Science, Business, Literature, Engineering, Health, Psychology, Foreign Language, History, Business, Philosophy, Sociology, Computer Science, Anthropology, Government, etc.) Highlighting and/or writing in books is fine, and accompanying CD's are great to send along as well.

In addition, you may also donate older textbooks (mostly with copyright dates over 5 years old), dictionaries and thesauruses, DVDs & books on CD (must be operable include original artwork and casing), gently used children's books (Newbery Winners probably will qualify), mass-market paperbacks ("supermarket" novels; usually 5"x7", like Crichton, Grisham, romance novels)

However, please do not donate books in poor condition (dirty, moldy, missing pages, torn/missing cover, excessive water damage), course packets (made at a copy center, not technically a book), custom publications (when a professor compiles a 'book' specific to a class), academic Journals or literary criticisms, encyclopedia sets, magazines or periodicals, books with no ISBN (International Standard Book Number, the way all books after 1970 are catalogued), case law and procedural law books, directories or telephone books

I have tons of books at home that I'd like to donate. Can you pick them up for me?

Certainly. As long as there is sufficient quantity (preferably over 75 eligible books), you live in the lower mainland and all books meet the criteria set above we can arrange to pick them up from your place. Just contact Dimas at service@ubcgoldenkey.org.