WHAT ARE THE FAVORITE BOOKS AND STORIES OF YOUR CHILDHOOD?
A HUGE thank you to Terri Freyou, Liberty Christian’s librarian, and her awesome students! They donated $400 worth of brand new Scholastic books to BDK!! We know lots of students who will be blessed by LCS’s generosity and love❤️❤️.
Today is Giving Tuesday!! Book Drive for Kids is a Nonprofit Organization dedicated to getting books into the hands of children who may not have their own. Books are powerful gifts! If you are interested in donating or learning more about what we do, check out our website in our bio.![]()
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We are so excited to be ThriftBooks #GivingTuesday2021 recipient! Need a new book? www.thriftbooks.com/blog/thriftgiving-2021-book-drive-for-kids/
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It's Giving Tuesday, or what we here at ThriftBooks call ThriftGiving! For this year's ThriftGiving Tuesday, all of us here at ThriftBooks are super excited to highlight Book Drive for Kids and suppor...
“Books are my favorite gift to give. If you give a book to someone and they really respond to it, you feel you’ve actually changed their life in some way.”![]()
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“Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them.”![]()
- Neil Gaiman![]()
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Giving Tuesday is coming up on Nov. 30th and books are such a powerful gift!![]()
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What a joy to partner with Orion and the Race to Kindness. We received part of Half Price Books donation! b.halfpricebooks.com/blog/celebrating-booksgiving-day/?email
Half Price Books - Celebrating Booksgiving Day!
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To all booklovers and bookworms everywhere, Happy Booksgiving!
Today we were thrilled to donate 500 books to Michelle Rocha with the Children's Advocacy Center of North Texas for their Christmas assistance programs. #bookdrive4kids #bettertogether #makingadifference
"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder." G.K. Chesterton![]()
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Virtual Book Fair with Usborne Books & More is ending tonight,November 10th at 11:59 p.m! If you are interested in participating you can use the link below!![]()
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www.williamsbookreads.com/2183060
Volunteers! It takes a team! Thank you Megan & Elizabeth from @indfinancial ; Morgan from @Lakeland Baptist Church; Brittany from @unitedhealthcare and Jeannine, Donna, Michelle & Nicol from @bookdriveforkids !
Third year in a row! Thank you @indfinancial for your continued support of @bookdriveforkids ! As this teacher shares, the kids look forward to this event each year!
Help us get books into the homes of children who may not have access without our assistance. Shop online during our Virtual Book Fair with Usborne Books & More to help us reach our goal and earn free books to donate to children in our community. 50% of your retail purchase comes back to Book Drive for Kids in free books.![]()
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Follow this link to make a difference: www.williamsbookreads.com![]()
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Series: A to Z Joke Books![]()
Each book in this series is packed with 300 hilarious one-line jokes that are bound to appeal to all young comedians. The jokes have been arranged from A to Z, so finding the perfect gag for every occasion is as simple as A, B, C...![]()
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7 Reasons why a book is the perfect gift for a child
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When you give a child a book for Christmas, you’re actually giving them so much more. Here are 7 reasons why a book is a wonderful gift for any child. 1. A book is a gift for life. Long after the ho...
Our virtual Book Fair with Usborne Books & More benefitting Book Drive for Kids begins Monday, November 1st.![]()
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By purchasing books through Usborne Books & More, not only are you providing quality books for kids of all ages but 50% of your retail purchase helps our organization to earn free books to use in our free book fairs for kids. Whether you purchase books for your family and friends or you purchase books to donate, Book Drive for Kids will earn additional books for free.![]()
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How does this work? Since it's a Virtual Book Fair, you shop online.![]()
1. Use this link to access the website: www.williamsbookreads.com. ![]()
2. Click the "Shop" button. If prompted, be sure to select the "Book Drive for Kids Fall 2021" event so that we will get credit for your purchase.![]()
3. Shop for books, puzzles, or activities. Add your selections to the cart.![]()
4. Add your customer information and shipping information to your cart![]()
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That's it! If you choose to do so, you may ship your donated books directly to us at Book Drive for Kids, Attention: Michelle Cook, 1301 Water's Ridge, Lewisville, TX 75057. Choose your favorite books or check out the Wish List for ideas.![]()
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This week only, Usborne Books & More is offering free shipping on all orders of $100 or more. This is a great time to purchase gifts for our organization as well as family and friends. Birthdays, holidays, baby showers, teacher gifts...there's always a good time to read.![]()
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“Once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.” - Mrs. Laura Bush![]()
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If your kids need more books at home, join us this Saturday at the South Dallas Cultural Center.Join Race to Kindness for a free book distribution as a part of the National “Race to 500,000 Books” campaign.![]()
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Share your passion for reading with other booklovers. New and gently loved books for people of all ages will be available to pick up for FREE at the South Dallas Cultural Center.![]()
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🗓 Sat, October 23, 2021![]()
🕛 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM CDT![]()
📍 South Dallas Cultural Center![]()
🗺 3400 South Fitzhugh Avenue, Dallas, TX 75210![]()
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Register here: bit.ly/3AWU14o
“Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again” - Louisa May Alcott What book feels like that to you?![]()
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“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”![]()
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Love this quote! This is our goal for Book Drive for Kids and what we strive to accomplish with each opportunity!!![]()
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What an exciting day at east Grand Prep! Lots of kids, lots of new books and lots of smiles!! Love to see kids excited to read❤️![]()
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Giving away 1,000 books in one day takes a team! Special thanks to Heather Hoffman, Michelle Carpus Cook and East Grand Prep Assistant Sharon Garcia for working the 4th-8th grade book fair! The PreK-3rd grade team was Nicol Griffin Klingenstein, Denise Kyro and @Donna Esposito.
What an exciting day at East Grand Prep! Lots of kids, lots of new books and lots of smiles!! Love to see kids excited to read❤️
Thank you, Regions Bank, and bankers Oscar Davis and Norma Osorio for your continued support of free bookfairs with Book Drive for Kids! Your first sponsored events are coming up this week! Stay tuned!
Volunteering is not only good for those you serve, but good for your own mental health, studies show. These ladies have invested over 1,200 hours collectively in getting good books to needy kids. Congratulations! Nicol Griffin Klingenstein, Michelle Carpus Cook, Lisa Elliott, Donna Esposito, Denise Kyro, Sharon Edwards, Mehgan Renee DeProspero Mel Weeber, Pam Lawrence Lipari, and Heather Hoffman. Not pictured: Kathy Millerborg Parker, Sheree Erler Sardina, and Tara Balabanian-Anderson.
$970 was donated to BDK on NTX Giving Day, and that included 14 new donors! So appreciative of people’s generosity. That’s 250 brand new books that we can give away!!![]()
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North Texas Giving Day is almost at a close. Thank you for your support and generosity!![]()
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“Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.” - Charles Scribner Jr.![]()
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NTX Giving Day is still going on until midnight! Help us to be able to gift books to children in need.![]()
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www.northtexasgivingday.org/bookdriveforkids
Today is the day! It is NTX Giving Day and you have the opportunity to donate and help us put books into the hands of children. If you would like to donate, you can use the link at the end of the caption!
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www.northtexasgivingday.org/bookdriveforkids
Get Ready because tomorrow, September 23rd, is NTX Giving Day! If you would like to donate to Book Drive for Kids, you can use the link at the end of the caption! ![]()
NTX Giving Day starts at 6am and goes until midnight!![]()
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www.northtexasgivingday.org/bookdriveforkids
Thank you Tanger Outlet for the $2500 grant!! We are so excited to hold a free book fair at Borman Elementary on your behalf. We know the students will be thrilled!!
DON'T SIT ON THE SIDELINES! ![]()
TAKE THE PLUNGE and join us this Saturday, September 18th at the Rhythms of the River Walk Duck Derby! 10am-2pm. Support your community and Book Drive for Kids by adopting a duck...and who knows, maybe you'll be the lucky winner of $2500! ![]()
Click on this link and adopt your duck today!![]()
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🏁See you at the race🏁
Thank you Flower Mound peeps and Jay Marks Real Estate for these book donations! This donation box is still available at Jay Marks Real Estste until Sept. 30.
“Reading well adds to our life - not in the way a tool from the hardware store adds to our life, for a tool does us no good once lost or broken, but in the way a friendship adds to our life, altering us forever.” - Karen Swallow Prior
A little birdie (make that a GIANT DUCKIE) told us that it is still possible to adopt your duck for the upcoming Duck Derby!! Follow this link and adopt your duck….you have the chance of winning $2500! But most importantly, your donation will benefit Book Drive for Kids as we continue to get books into the homes of children who need them most!! ![]()
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At Book Drive for Kids, we received these 10,000 books from Half Price today! This is part of their #racetokindness donation and their One Million Book campaign. Can’t wait to get these into the hands of some very excited children!! Thank you, Half Price Books and Kherri Jean and Orion!![]()
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Pictured Volunteer Donna Esposito who was helping with book deliveries today!!
Meet Laura Musgrove, the teacher who inspired the Race to Kindness! She encouraged Orion (Kerri Jean) to enter the National Kindness Speech Competition! It was winning that competition that started this great adventure! Thank you, Mrs. Musgrove, for being an amazing teacher and also for supporting The Race to Kindness with a 1,154 book donation!![]()
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Race to Kindness ends August 31!![]()
You can help meet the goal of 500,00 books by donating today!! For just $3.50, Book Drive for Kids can place a new book in the hands of a child in need!
