First Book University kicked off the year with a reception and Seminar in Tampa on Friday, February 22.  Both events were held at the offices of our partners, SunTrust Mortgage.  On Thursday evening, SunTrust Mortgage associates, Advisory Board members, Recipient Groups, and community members gathered to network and learn more about First Book.
Jennifer Pierce with […]

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Last week we had the pleasure to join some members of First Book-Collier County for An Evening in Wonderland.  The event was a benefit gala for the Fun Time Early Childhood Academy, a Recipient Group of First Book-Collier County.  The Alice in Wonderland theme was playfully embraced throughout the evening.  Many of the Fun Time […]

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Congratulations to First Book—Johnson County, Iowa for hosting a successful Speed Read Challenge on November 30, 2007!  The Advisory Board raised over $5,000 and significantly increased awareness about First Book through radio, television, and print coverage in newspapers.  Hosted at an area mall during Literacy Week, the Advisory Board invited 30 local celebrities to compete […]

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Campus Advisory Board members at Miami University celebrated National Literacy Awareness Week (NLAW) by distributing books at Marshall Elementary School in Oxford, Ohio.  They distributed 3 books to each child, including “Giggle, Giggle, Quack” by Doreen Cronin, that they also used as the inspiration in a puppet show.  Their favorite quote from the day’s activities:  “Yay, […]

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Tomorrow I am leaving my job here at First Book, as well as my wonderful Advisory Board volunteers in the states of WA, ND, SD, GA and KY, to pursue a teaching career.  Since I started working at First Book a few months before the blog was born, I thought I would take a moment […]

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The Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE), a First Book Campus Partner, is offering five $100 mini grants from Staples® or Amazon.com to campus-based groups who wish to participate in National Literacy Action Week (NLAW). NLAW is a nationwide event where campus literacy programs join together to raise awareness about literacy and create […]

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Dr. Geraldine Haggard, First Book- Dallas.  Dr. Haggard, member of First Book-Dallas, and head of the Plano Retired Teachers Book Project committee, has worked diligently to help deliver First Book books and other materials to Plano Texas area Title I students.  Dr. Haggard often uses her home to stage and sort books by reading level and school.  Once this staging is completed, Dr. Haggard harnesses the other […]

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Game day in Columbus, Ohio is a big deal, but last Saturday volunteers from Ohio and neighboring states skipped the tailgating to attend a seminar of First Book University.  While the Buckeyes went on to win against Wisconsin, Advisory Board members learned about recruiting, fundraising, and grant making.  Media specialist, Kim Knight, showed the participants how […]

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Congratulations to the winners of the first-ever First Book Video Challenge!
This fall we handed the camera to First Book’s Campus Advisory Boards (CABs) and invited them to pay homage to their favorite childhood books with short video clips that responded to the question: What book got you hooked? A panel of First Book staff members […]

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Across the country 3 million Americans participated in volunteer events Saturday in celebration of Make a Difference Day 2007, the nations largest day of volunteering.  In Washington, DC, First Book staff joined hundreds of volunteers at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library to sort and package damaged and outdated books to make room for […]

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