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So excited to connect with Angie Cox, LISD Board Trustee, today about how we can connect to improve literacy for needy kids in LISD. So appreciate the selfless gift of her time and heart to help ALL the kids in LISD. What a surprisingly warm and beautiful day to enjoy a coffee outside!
Another successful book fair...this one at Mainland Preparatory Classical Academy! We love to see children excited about reading!!❤️
Ready to start your Christmas shopping with savings?!?
Belk's Charity Sale starts this week! Purchase a ticket for $5, which goes directly to Book Drive for Kids, and Belk will give you $10 off your purchase this week! What a great way to start your shopping with savings as well as giving 2 new books to needy kids! belk.donately.com/donate.htmlhttps://belk.donately.com/donate.html
Such dedicated teachers and principal - closely adhering to safety precautions to keep everyone safe and healthy! We appreciate you so much!
Friday, October 30th - Fun times at the third annual Free Book Fair at Clay Classical Academy! An unexpected highlight - meeting Deadpool! These amazing volunteers shared books, bookmarks, and smiles all morning! Thank you Christy Merrill, Denise Kyro, Wednesday Turbeville, and Michelle & Nicol.
More pics from the Free Book Fair sponsored by the Mary Coupens Reading Endowment.
Many thanks to Annette Davis at the Davis Foundation and Mary Coupens Reading Endowment for funding our 4th annual Free BookFair at Founder's Classical Academy of Mesquite. Not only did each student choose a book of their own but a bonus book about various American Heroes was gifted to the K-2nd graders! We appreciate Annette and Mary's commitment to encouraging reading among the young! This is one of the few schools we serve that has middle and high school students. It was truly a delight to see students of all ages excited about reading! Special Thanks, also, to Adrienne Freas (pictured) who introduced us to Annette Davis.
Friends, this is a great way to support literacy and one of our free book fair recipient Schools. There’s very few things I enjoy more than reading picture books to young ones! I will be at a free book fair in Dallas so the rest of you, please volunteer!!
Virtual Read Across Central 2020
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Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up for your time of preference. Thank you!One more picture! The Kickoff '20-21 crew! Hostesses: Pamala Hamilton, Christy Merrill, Sharee Sardiner and Heather Hoffman. Special thanks to Planning Committee and Book Drive for Kids Board members: Kathy Parker, Nicol Klingenstein, and Michelle Cook
Finally, we got to celebrate!!! Bankers Oscar Davis and Norma Osorio with Regions Bank championed Book Drive for Kids for the second year in a row! This year they DOUBLED their sponsorship level from $5,000 to $10,000! Last Friday at our Kickoff '20-21 we took the pictures to commemorate this amazing gift which occurred in the middle of a pandemic. Regions Bank recognizes, that now more than ever, children need good books in their homes! Thank you, Regions Bank, Oscar & Norma, for your amazing commitment to literacy and your generous spirit for children in need!
Three years ago, these three women thought it was tragic that children just a few miles away did not have books at home. They decided to do something about it and Book Drive for Kids was born! Thank you, Nicol Klingenstein, Michelle Cook, and Kathy Parker, our Board.
We are so honored that Texas State Representative Tan Parker spoke at our Kickoff this past week. Thank you, Representative Parker, for your unwavering support of the children in Denton County.
Kickoff '20-21 is a wrap! What a tremendous show of support during one of the craziest years in my lifetime! Thank you to all 44 of you who came in person to celebrate with us! We raised $1850 - which is enough to sponsors our dear Katie Delamartre's book fair at Central Elementary this next Spring!
Volunteers make the dream work! As an All-Volunteer Organization, we celebrated almost 1,000 volunteer hours during this past year (2019-20 school year). Can I say we have the BEST volunteers! It's so much fun getting to do do in our community with such great people - fellow book-lovers! Special thanks to Volunteers of the Year - Melani Bromfield and Pam Lipari - who hold the record at 51 hours!!
Look at these beautiful books! They are just a few of the 150 books donated by Jamie Olson and her friends & customers at PRMI. Thank you for caring about others! For your monetary gift, too!!
Enjoy some savings and help us put books in the hands of a needy child!
Buy Belk Charity Sale Tickets Here!
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Donate at least $5 and receive a Belk Charity Sale coupon for $10. Only one $10 coupon per person is allowed, however any donation greater than $5 is appreciated by the charity!Ever wonder why so many people volunteer their time and resources with us? THIS is why! Supporting teachers is the bonus blessing!
Thank you, McDonald's and Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), for making these great dinosaur books available for free! The kids LOVED them! They were awarded as a Bonus selection, in addition to choosing their very own books! Two books today!
We were so excited to start the year off at Garland Classical Academy with a free book for every child as well as a bonus book item!
These kids at Foundation School of Autism - San Antonio, a charter school for children with autism, are excited to receive their free books courtesy of our friends at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and Reading Is Fundamental (RIF). Look at those smiles!
Donate $5 to Book Drive for Kids and get $10 off at Belk's, during the Belk Charity Sale, October 9-11, 2020. You can purchase your Charity Sale Ticket here: belk.donately.com/donate.html
Buy Belk Charity Sale Tickets Here!
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Donate at least $5 and receive a Belk Charity Sale coupon for $10. Only one $10 coupon per person is allowed, however any donation greater than $5 is appreciated by the charity!Today we collected hundreds of books donated by Tom Thumb for the free book fairs! Special thanks to our volunteers from the Young Men's Service League (Lantana group) for sorting and transporting the donations!!
Have a fabulous Thursday!
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We are so excited to be featured in Regions Bank's online newsletter! Check out the story! Regions' Banker, Oscar Davis, loved this idea from the beginning and we are so grateful for his tremendous support! doingmoretoday.com/an-open-book/
An Open Book - Doing More Today
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How Regions Bank and a nonprofit are meeting an important need for students.Thank you RockPointe Church for helping us bless so many students in this upcoming year!❤️
We love First Book and all the books they’re made affordable for us to give away! ❤️❤️
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Are you an educator that serves children in low-income communities ages 0-18? Become a member of the First Book community of educators for access to free and...Special "Thanks" Brandi Miller and Allisan Mobley of RPC! For the second week in a row, we filled up the back of my van with book donations! We are at a count of 1,000 books! Can you beat it? One more week! Bring your book donations to RPC TOMORROW, Friday, July 31 between 10am - 11am! We have already placed some of these books in teachers hands to gift their students as they come back to school!
We are so excited! Because of the generous donations from Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) and Regions Bank, over 500 children in areas where Remote Learning is required will be receiving a NEW book with their learning materials. This is so exciting because many of these children have few books at home and with access restricted to school libraries, they really need resources at home! A ray of hope in uncertain times!
North Texas friends, Rockpointe Church in Flower Mound is hosting a book donation drive THIS Friday at 10am. Donate gently used books your kids have out grown or a new favorite Kids books!
Do you have children's books cluttering up your house? Have your own children outgrown some of their books but they are still in great condition?
Please take the time to donate them at Harpool Middle School in Lantana. Our donation box is along side the Mission Moms box. Two organizations helping those in need right around up the street!
We love First Book!❤️
Check out new resources, including several books READ ALOUD at Reading is Fundamental's Independent Reading center! www.rif.org/independent-reading-center/animals/books-resources
"Children who grow up in homes with many books accumulate, on average, three more years of education than children who live in homes with no books."
(Berger, K. S. (2019). Invitation to the life span (4th ed.). New York, NY: Worth Publishers.)
Looking for something fun to read this summer? Check out Akbar's Diamond - a fascinating adventure with a genie and lost treasure! Remember, a portion of the profits supports Book Drive for Kids! Thank you, Susan Badaracco! smile.amazon.com/Akbars-Diamond-Nine-Jewels-book/dp/B088BHTVFK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1YI6JKTI5VHS2&dchi...
Literature plays such an important role in conveying the value that every human is important. This talk from acclaimed author Jason Reynolds is very insightful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzMhuedqMzQ&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1QiXqUiK0GTf2H0kdRlk0hBKDSto4jYZL...
Jason Reynolds Keynote TLA 2020 Virtual
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Author Jason Reynolds shares a powerful message about racism and antiracism.Thank you to Kathy Zinecker and these lovely ladies at Little Apostle's Preschool. They had a LARGE number of books, puzzles, and art supplies they no longer could use. When asked if we could find them a home with needy children, we said, "YES!" Thanks for thinking of Book Drive for Kids!
Update: thanks for ordering the new book, Akbar’s Diamond by Susan Badaracco! You guys are amazing! Remember, Book Drive for Kids receives a portion of every copy of this book sold in the first year. Check out Susan’s report here: www.susanbadaracco.com/blog
