Support the JSF mission …

Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law and can been made securely and easily with the “Donate” button on this page.

If you would like to donate in memory or in honor of a loved one, or someone whose life or work made an impression on you, please include this information in the “notes/comments” field during your donation process.

Buy Books

  • Encourage your school library or your public library to order JSF books
  • Encourage a local bookstore or gift shop to carry JSF books
  • Drop by the JSF Bookstore & Appalachian Gift Shop to browse in a reading room atmosphere

Foster Readership

  • Encourage a teacher to use JSF books in the classroom — our books are also read in literacy centers and by home-schoolers
  • Ask your civic or professional group to purchase JSF books every year and give these much needed books to a school or library
  • Give a JSF book as a birthday, graduation, or wedding gift
  • Give a JSF book to a young reader — children and teens can learn so much from Jesse Stuart’s junior books
  • Write a review of a JSF book

Become an Associated Member

  • Become an Associate Member
  • Recruit a new Association Member

Join the Regional Readers Book Group

  • Join other book lovers to discuss the works of Appalachia

Volunteer

  • Make a presentation on Jesse Stuart’s life or works for a school, library, civic or professional group — joint the JSF’s Speakers’ Bureau
  • Lend a hand with special projects or daily operations in our bookstore; to learn more about volunteer opportunitues, contact Dr. James M. Gifford, CEO & Senior Editor, at 606.326.1667 or by email at gifford@jsfbooks.com

Make a Gift

  • Support our operations with a gift of cash or other property
  • Support a book re-print or the publication of a new book
  • Support an Eastern Kentucky college student in our Summer Work Study Program
  • Make a gift in memory or in honor of a loved one, or someone whose life or work made an impression on you; if you would like make a secure online donation, please include this information in the “notes/comments” field during your donation process
  • Gifts made to the Jesse Stuart Foundation are tax-deductible as allowed by law