Delta Life Development Center, Inc.

FREE LENDING BOOK BOXES

Delta LDC is promoting the Joy of Reading within local communities. Discover the power of literacy, community, and shared resources by helping us bring Free Lending Book Boxes to your neighborhood. These small, outdoor libraries offer accessible books to all, and can make a lasting impact on families, children, and individuals across the area. Free Lending Book Boxes are small, weatherproof boxes placed in local neighborhoods that allow residents to borrow and share books. They operate on a simple principle: Take a book, leave a book. Whether you are looking for a good novel, children's stories, or educational resources, these boxes create a shared reading space for all ages.

PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES

AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT

In 1987, a group of strangers gathered in a San Francisco storefront to document the lives they feared history would neglect. Their goal was to create a memorial for those who had died of AIDS and to help people understand the devastating impact of the disease. Delta Life Development Center, Inc and the National AIDS Memorial have partnered together to assist our community with making quilt panels to add to the national quilt project and to bring the quilt display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt to DeKalb County, Georgia as part of the Community Display Program. Throughout the ongoing AIDS crisis, more than 700,000 lives have been lost in this country to HIV/AIDS. Today, HIV is on the rise, particularly among young people, communities of color, and in the Southern United States. Quilt displays are used to raise greater awareness about the story of AIDS, and prevention, treatments, and resources
available within the community.

LDC MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Emergency Hardship assistance program was established to
assist currently enrolled and registered Georgia Piedmont Technical College students who are in an emergency situation and at risk of not continuing their education due to unexpected financial dilemmas within the last three months. This assistance is for an emergency, i.e.- classroom tools and/or supplies, public transportation (MARTA), fuel assistance, past due utility bills, temporary housing, evictions/ delinquent rent, etc. A student may be assisted through this emergency fund once. Award amounts are based on demonstrated need and supporting documentation.

Lending Book Box Locations: Lou Walker Park, Biffle Park, Exchange Park, Hairston Park, Flat Shoals Park and Wade Walker Park (Summer 2025)