Little Things Add Up!
Support our $70,000 goal and watch the flower grow!
We help people discover how easy it can be to make a meaningful difference for our kids, for our environment, for our future…and often for all three at once.
Little things add up. Picking up a piece of trash, donating a box of books or keeping items out of the landfill makes a difference. When we work together the impact is magnified and the outcome is profound for people and our planet. SCARCE has been working with individuals, schools, businesses and organizations for 33 years showing them ways they can take action.
Examples of little things adding up take place on multiple levels:
• Locally- Providing books to people where they live, work and play
• Regionally- Collecting and delivering supplies to communities impacted by natural disasters and where resources are limited
• Nationally- Supplying essential items when hurricanes and flooding hit our coastal communities
• Globally- Helping those in need during times of devastation or when access to supplies is challenging
Discover the difference we made together in 2024
175,000 Books
Books provided to schools and other non-profits
Over 2 million
People served by our book rescue
Over 1 million
Pounds of school supplies kept out of landfills through our Resource Rescue Center
Nearly 31,000
Participants in our over 327 educational programs
28 Events
Recycling Extravaganzas
…plus, your help has extended to a vast network across the world!
Locally
Regionally
Teachers from Forrest, IL were able to take 900 books back to their community. Their school serves four surrounding towns, none of which have a community library. Access to books is challenging and these books increase that access for students, families and community members.
Nationally
Globally
“I (provided the) school with ‘new’ books, posters, and pencils from SCARCE…My favorite thing was a big teacher book (…featuring) an African folktale. (The students) loved coming up to read pages and holding a book that was half their size!”
Be part of real, impactful change when you donate:
$50
Locally
$100
Regionally
$200
Nationally
$500
Globally
Your Donations in Action
“I feel like I learned to change the world today.”
4th Grader, Walker Elementary School, Clarendon Hills
“I just want to say: thank you Scarce! We visit a laundromat every week and my 4 year old daughter loves to find books. Today she found a Dr. Seuss book, her favorite! Thanks to you, we started our very own library at home. We love to read together. Thank you for making this possible!”
Maria, Laundromat Customer
Literacy at the Laundromat Beneficiary
Support SCARCE this year
There’s so much we can do to help our kids, communities, and the planet thrive.
The little things add up when we work together!
