Customers Shopping at Barnes & Noble San Diego Hazard Center Can Support ArtReach San Diego with Book Gifts
OCTOBER 24, 2025
Hazard Center, 7610 Hazard Center Dr #315, San Diego, CA 92108
San Diego, California – [October 24, 2025] – Barnes & Noble Hazard Center invites customers to give the gift of reading to people in need during the company’s annual Holiday Book Drive, taking place November 1 through December 15. The Barnes & Noble Holiday Book Drive provides customers the opportunity to donate books to non-profit organizations. Last year, the Holiday Book Drive benefited over 500 charitable organizations that provide services to people in need across the country.
This year, the San Diego Hazard Center Barnes & Noble, located at 7610 Hazard Center Dr., Ste. 315 will be collecting books for ArtReach San Diego.
ArtReach is a San Diego–based nonprofit expanding access to visual arts education for youth, especially those from under-resourced schools and communities. Through free and low-cost programs in schools, community sites, and studios, ArtReach ensures equitable access to transformative art experiences. Its offerings include in-school programs that nurture creativity and social-emotional growth, collaborative mural projects that build teamwork and community pride, and studio workshops that connect families and individuals with local artists.
The books you donate directly support ArtReach’s mission of igniting youth creativity by fostering imagination, emotional growth, and artistic inspiration. These books not only connect to Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) by helping students explore feelings, empathy, and storytelling, but they also provide a calming and reflective activity in our studio spaces—offering young artists a gentle way to regulate emotions before or after artmaking. Many of the books feature themes, stories, and illustrators that align with our curriculum, sparking creative connections between literature and visual art. Through this thoughtful integration, each donated book becomes more than a story—it becomes a bridge between literacy, emotional wellness, and artistic expression. Learn more at artreachsandiego.org and follow @artreachsd on Instagram.
To find out how to participate in the Holiday Book Drive, contact San Diego Hazard Center Barnes & Noble Community Relations, Amanda Toombs at 619-220-0175.
About Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest retail bookseller in the United States, and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The Company has over 600 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, as well as the NOOK Digital business and one of the Web’s premier e-commerce sites, BN.com.
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