Our 12th annual BTU Back to School Fair for BPS families will take place on Saturday Sept. 27th, 2025 at the Boston Teachers Union, 180 Mount Vernon Street, Dorchester. Come by for a day full of music, face-painting, snacks and story time with local authors. We have over 40,000 FREE books for students, families, and educators as well as dozens of representatives from local community organizations to discuss their programs/ opportunities.
Educators, please sign up for First Book for free and reduced price books. It also helps us keep this event and partnership growing in coming years! Visit this page to sign up or scan the QR code below!
Register
Below you will find registration links for BPS educators and BPS families who plan to attend as a guest.
(Please Register! This informs how many books we order for the kids!)
BTU 2025 Educators Registration
BTU 2025 Family and Community Registration
Please use the link below if you would like to secure a table for your organization.
Volunteer!
We need your help to make this event a success!
Please sign up to help sort and organize books before the event and/or provide support the day of the event.
You can sign up here.
You can download a flyer below to share with friends and community. We’ll be adding additional languages soon!