Church Periodical Club is an Episcopal institution whose ministry is to supply books, magazines, tapes, videos and computer programs free to those who cannot otherwise obtain them, and to raise the money to achieve this.Church Periocial Club began in 1888 when Mary Ann Drake Fargo, wife of a member of the Wells Fargo Express firm, and her friends in the Church of the Holy Communion, New York, sent bundles of books and periodicals westward to missionaries and pioneers via stagecoach.
There are two main granting funds. The National Books Fund holds two granting sessions yearly, and supplies materials around the world. The Mile of Pennies fund is exclusively for children and grants are made year round.
