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With over 90,000 out of the nearly 290,000 votes cast, the winner of this year’s What Book Got You Hooked? campaign is Hawaii! Congratulations to the Aloha State!
Programs serving kids in need in the state which are registered with First Book will be eligible to participate in the book distribution which will take place in the coming months.
Although voting has concluded for our 2009 campaign, you can still make a donation to help provide brand new books to children in need as well as share your favorite books and memories year round!
See the entire list of state rankings by visiting the What Book Got You Hooked? Web site.
And stay tuned! We’re tallying the results and the list of your favorite books will be announced online in the next few days.
I’m so glad Hawai’i won 50K books for our keiki in our 50th year as the 50th state!! It’s the best “Hawai’i Five-O” ever!!!
Mahalo nui loa,
Laurie
Honolulu, HI
First of all, First Book you are amazing for having such a campaign! Reading is an important step for kids and having Hawaii kids become the recipient of 50,000 new books is a blessing. With the economic hardships we are facing throughout the world it is nice to see an organization that continues to give. That’s aloha!
Aloha and mahalo 2 u First Book!
I was thrilled to see Hawaii come from way back and get to the top spot and KEEP IT…..!
Amazing what the Internet and e-mail can do!
Mahalo to ALL who participated by sending e-mail reminders to all of their family and friends in the state so that they could vote and continue voting….That is dedication!…. and also, much aloha and mahalos to First Book for such an exciting program!
I want to win these itams
Who got the books? That is, which organizations have filed requests? Have they been distributed?
Hi Jan, First Book will be distributing the books at the end of March to recipient groups who have applied and been accepted to receive books through our online application. We look forward to coming to the Aloha state at the end of the month!