• by Tanya Gazdik , April 27, 2024

Mercedes-Benz USA is joining forces with nonprofit organization Little Free Library.

MBUSA employees alongside the automaker’s ambassador, Atlanta Falcons player Bijan Robinson, built 175 book-sharing boxes, which will be filled with thousands of donated books and installed in communities across the country that have limited access to reading materials.

The event was part of MBUSA's National Volunteer Week program, which features a series of give-back opportunities for employees.

The collaboration reinforces the automaker’s commitment to promoting literacy through its corporate social responsibility program, “Driving Your Future,” aiming to empower the next generation by supporting educational programs, career readiness and child safety.

The event brought together more than 250 employee volunteers at the automaker’s U.S. headquarters.

Employees also participated in a virtual reading activity in collaboration with Share The Magic Foundation, an organization dedicated to transforming the lives of children through literacy. Employees conducted a virtual read-aloud for 600 students at Sunset Park Elementary in North Carolina and Norma Butler Bossard Elementary School in Miami.

Little Free Library aims to promote literacy and community engagement by offering free access to books through small, publicly accessible book-sharing stations. Users are encouraged to take a book they are interested in reading and leave a book they have finished for others to enjoy.