About Us!
Founded in 2009, Read-Cycling is a few charity in Hong Kong dedicated to books and book lovers.
We have been working hand-in-hand with like-minded organisations, schools, corporations and individuals in the past 15 years to bring a second life to used books.
We are committed to organising cultural activities in various formats with an aim to make reading an essential part of everyday life.
Our achievements
Since 2009, Read-Cycling has done achived :
1. Foster a green reading culture
I. We collect used books from various communities through book donation boxes and counters
II. Volunteers help sort the books by genres
III. Through different channels, we give the books a second life.
2. Promote the joy of reading
We reach out to different communities and curate interesting cultural projects with an aim to nurture more book lovers. In the past years, we have made happen 60 cultural programs and author’s sharing sessions. Add to this 60 activities with primary and secondary schools.
We find homes for old books!
– By Charity sale
Host Bring A Book & Share, our annual readers’ carnaval, to let book lovers treasure hunt from more than 10,00 books of various interests Reorganize our warehuse and use the freed up space,aka PPO
Library, for hosting charity sale
– By re-donation of books
Invite NGOs/schools to select book from our warehouse for their members/
students as many as they like, for free. Organize free book trips for the less-privileged families to choose their favourite books at our events/warehouse
