Volunteer

At BFA's St. Paul warehouse, volunteers sort, catalog and pack the books according to categories and educational levels. As soon as 25,000 books are prepared they are shipped in a 20-foot sea container to Africa. Volunteers give two or more hours of their time and meet on:

Wednesday from 9:00-4:30 and 1st and 3rd Saturdays 9:00-3:00.

Please contact BFA if you or your group would like to help BFA in this very important - and satisfying - work.

Warehouse location:

715 E. Minnehaha Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55106. The warehouse is located in the old Stroh’s Brewery complex that is just north of 94, just east of downtown St. Paul.

Directions:

Click here for a map showing the location of our warehouse.

From the west, get off on 7th Street and go east (or left) and go north on Payne Avenue (or left) and go east on Minnehaha Avenue (or right) for one block and then take a left and go into the fenced area and the warehouse is in a row of warehouses right straight ahead. A Books For Africa sign is on the building—dock level—under the over hang.

From the east, get off on Mounds Boulevard and go west (or left) on 7th Street and go right (or north) on Payne Avenue and go east on Minnehaha Avenue (or right) for one block and then take a left and go into the fenced area and the warehouse is in a row of warehouses right straight ahead. A Books For Africa sign is on the building—dock level—under the over hang.