I had never been to New Orleans before I went there for the Literacy and Justice For All distribution there last week; whoa.
The city was absolutely unlike any other place I had ever been; it feels like a different country! We experienced so many things that are unique to that place: one of the […]

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Not long ago I was attending a cultural festival that was in an neighborhood unfamiliar to me, and frankly, a bit outside of my comfort zone. As I waited in front of a pawnshop for the trusty Metro Bus to take me back to the rail station, I opened up the book that was in […]

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There are incredible people out there, working to make the world a better place — and I got to spend time with a few of them from SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Company last week. I attended a planning meeting in New York City with SBLI USA ’s board of directors, senior management, and […]

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The Alpha Xi Delta Women’s Fraternity is one of our campus partners working with our Campus Advisory Board network. They have been very supportive of First Book by starting advisory boards within their Alpha Xi Delta chapters and volunteering with existing advisory boards. The Alpha Xi Delta National President, Deborah Fenwick Maas, hopes […]

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I spent the 4th of July long weekend in Chincoteague, Virginia, which is a small island off of Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Before I went, I had heard some brief stories about the wild ponies that live on the neighboring island of Assateague. What I didn’t know is that there was a famous pony […]

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Following Warren Buffet’s announcement that he would be giving a substantial chunk of his wealth — worth nearly $37 billion — to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes foundations, nonprofits and other charitable organizations successful as agents of change in our society. Is their impact primarily related […]

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One of the pleasures of working for First Book is the opportunity to meet and work with outstanding volunteers, a vital component of our organization’s mission. Last week First Book staff traveled to the “City of Trees,” Boise, Idaho, to distribute 30,000 books to Advisory Boards and Recipient Groups all across the state. This trip […]

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A blogathon, as you may be able to tell from the name, is similar to a marathon, except instead of running, everybody is blogging! Participants in Blogathon 2006 raise money for charity by blogging for 24-hours in a row, all at the same time, beginning on July 29, 2006.
Each blogger gets people to “sponsor” his […]

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