Oliver’s Giving Library

Oliver’s Giving Library Oliver’s Giving Library donates books to families in Lurie Children’s NICU in Chicago. Since August 2023, thousands of books have been shared. 📚

Each book is gifted for families to take home, bringing comfort during their NICU journey.

09/29/2026

Oliver really wanted to keep this Spot book at home. 🤣

We talked about how we give the books to the babies, and I reminded him that he was once a tiny baby too.

By the end, he decided the book was going to the “tiny baby’s house.”

And somehow that little conversation says so much about why Oliver’s Giving Library exists.

For Lilliah’s first birthday, her family didn’t ask for toys.They asked people to give back.One year earlier, Lilliah ar...
09/21/2026

For Lilliah’s first birthday, her family didn’t ask for toys.

They asked people to give back.

One year earlier, Lilliah arrived at just 24 weeks and 1 lb. 8 oz. Tiny but feisty, she began a six-month NICU journey no family could ever prepare for.

The NICU became home. Nurses became family. Holidays were spent in their little corner of the 15th floor — until finally, Lilliah got to go home.

So when it was time to celebrate ONE, her family chose to give back to the NICU community that had carried them through.

They collected books for Oliver’s Giving Library and support for Jackson Chance Foundation — helping families still living the NICU journey.

Because when you’ve lived the NICU, you don’t forget the people who carried you through. Sometimes, coming home means reaching back for the families still waiting.

Happy first birthday, Lilliah. Tiny, feisty, and already making a difference.

There are people you meet in the hardest chapter of your life who never really leave your story.For us, so many of those...
09/16/2026

There are people you meet in the hardest chapter of your life who never really leave your story.

For us, so many of those people were NICU nurses.

For 197 days, they cared for Oliver. They celebrated the tiny wins. They sat with us through the terrifying days. They taught us, reassured us, and somehow cared for us while caring for him.

The NICU becomes part of you. And so do the people who helped carry you through it.

Today, on Neonatal Nurses Day, we honor the nurses who become part of a family’s story forever.

With so much love and gratitude,
Oliver’s Giving Library 🤍

Dolly Parton understood something long before we did:A book can be so much more than a story.Her father never learned to...
08/27/2026

Dolly Parton understood something long before we did:

A book can be so much more than a story.

Her father never learned to read. She turned that part of her story into something extraordinary—putting books into the hands of millions of children through her Imagination Library.

Years later, in the NICU with Oliver, we learned just how powerful a book could be.

When there wasn’t much we could do, we could read to him.

That experience eventually became Oliver’s Giving Library, our way of putting books into the hands of other NICU families and giving them something that once meant so much to us.

Different stories. Different beginnings. The same belief:

A book can go much farther than its pages.

Thank you, Dolly, for showing us just how far.

We had our first official Oliver’s Giving Library board meeting!It was pretty special to sit down together and talk abou...
08/25/2026

We had our first official Oliver’s Giving Library board meeting!

It was pretty special to sit down together and talk about how far this has come and where we hope to take it next.

I’m so excited about the board we’ve put together. Holly, Amelia and Laura each bring different experience and perspective that really makes sense for what we’re building. We’ll be sharing more about each of them soon!

We talked about future book drives, growing our collection, and how we can use books in even more meaningful ways to bring comfort and connection to NICU families.

Becoming a 501(c)(3) was a huge milestone, but sitting around the table together made it all feel a little more real.

Excited for this next chapter.

Kinda chic to turn something that was once so hard into something that brings a little good to someone else.Oliver’s Giv...
08/18/2026

Kinda chic to turn something that was once so hard into something that brings a little good to someone else.

Oliver’s Giving Library started with our own NICU story and somehow turned into thousands of books making their way to families at Lurie Children’s NICU.

What started with Oliver has become so much bigger than we ever imagined.

Turns out giving books is kinda chic.

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