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Welcome to Summer! First Book Drops 150,000 Books on the National Mall

Jun19
2011
Brian Minter Written by Brian Minter

First Book joins the United Way's Day of Action on the National MallTuesday marks the first day of summer, and to celebrate their annual Day of Action, the United Way will be marshaling an army of volunteers to assemble summer reading backpacks for 50,000 elementary school kids from low-income communities.

First Book is proud to be a part of this amazing event, and we’re bringing our favorite thing to the party – books.
Every backpack will contain three brand-new books that the children who receive them will be able to keep. Many children from low-income families have no books of their own at home, so we’re grateful to have the opportunity to change that for so many kids.

If you’re out of school for the summer, or you’re able to take the day off work, we’d love to see you! Volunteers are welcome. Go online to learn more and register.

See you on the mall!

Posted in Book Distributions, Volunteers - Tagged books, Day of Action, First Book, National Mal, summer reading, Target, United Way, Washington D.C.
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