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Greater Kingsport, TN

About First Book

First Book provides new books to children in need, addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy access to books. An innovative leader in social enterprise, each year First Book distributes millions of free and low-cost books to disadvantaged children and the programs that serve them.

First Book-Greater Kingsport is an all-volunteer organization formed in 2004 to serve children from low-income families in the Greater Kingsport, Tennessee area. Our focus is on children in kindergarten through high school. We work closely with (Dolly Parton's) Imagination Library of Sullivan County which provides free books in Tennessee to pre-K children.

First Book-Greater Kingsport works through local after school literacy programs and Title I schools to provide free, new books to children of our area who have little or no access to books at home.

Our funding comes from grants and donations from local businesses and individuals.  If you would like to make a donation, you may donate online using the above donation link or send your check to P.O. Box 7488, Kingsport, TN 37664-7488.  Your donation will be credited to First Book-Greater Kingsport.

We are always looking for Advisory Board members and committee members.  If you would like to help us end illiteracy in the Greater Kingsport area, please consider becoming a First Book volunteer.  Send us an e-mail with your contact information and we will contact you.

Book Grant Recipients

First Book-Greater Kingsport has given book grants to many programs in the Greater Kingsport, Tennessee area. A typical book grant lasts for a six month period and offers each child in the program a steady diet of books (usually one book per month), all at no cost to the program. Because program administrators select the titles through the First Book Marketplace, our book grants enable programs — often for the first time — to select books to integrate into curriculum.

• Girls, Inc. of Kingsport
• Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kingsport
• Brookside Elementary School
• Emmett Elementary School
• Kennedy Elementary School
• Lincoln Elementary School
• Valley Pike Elementary School
• Kennedy Encore! After-School Program
• Central Heights Elementary School

Find out how to Receive Books for your organization.

Local Sponsors and Donors

First Book-Greater Kingsport is able to provide brand-new, high-quality books to children in our community thanks to the generous financial contributions of local businesses and individuals.

First Book Wants You!  

We are looking for passionate, entrepreneurial people who want to make a difference in their community. Help us get books to kids who need them most.

Contact Us

You can contact us by sending an email.