Our Focus: 1st - 3rd Grade East Bay Classrooms. Reading at grade level by the end of 3rd grade is a key predictor of a student's long-term academic and career success. The Cal Football Reading Challenge Book Drive will focus on providing books to 1st - 3rd graders at Title I schools in West Contra Costa Unified School District, Berkeley Unified School District, and Oakland Unified School District. Book titles have been sourced with the support of our curriculum and literacy experts in our partner districts.
Our Goal: Our goal is to provide a minimum of 500 books in East Bay classrooms. Books will be distributed by Cal Football Student-Athletes and accompany a classroom visit & read aloud. Every book donated will find its way to a Title I classroom and a Bay Area student to encourage summer reading.
2024 Book Drive Stats:
Books Donated: 613!
We hope that you consider supporting the book drive in 2025! Go Bears!
How to Contribute
This year we are grateful to be partnering with Book Inc's Reading Bridge!
Listed here are popular titles geared towards the K-3rd grade reading level. There are multiple ways to contribute!
Purchase a book from our online wish list! These books will be shipped to us directly and delivered by Cal Football players to local title 1 schools. All books on our wish list are Cal Football-tested, and teacher-approved.
Spring Showcase Bonus: Purchase a book from this list and bring it to the spring showcase on April 12th or donate online, and with proof of purchase, the first 500 people will receive a limited edition poster! You can also purchase a book on site.
Profits from your purchase will also benefit Books Inc's Reading Bridge, a book fair nonprofit providing free books to Bay Area students in Title 1 schools. Your impact is doubled!
