Written by Rochee Jeffrey
After 25 record-breaking years on the air, “The Oprah Winfrey Show” will be airing its last episode today. There is no question that Oprah Winfrey and her show have helped to inspire and change millions of lives. First Book is particularly inspired by Ms. Winfrey’s love for reading and support of literacy initiatives.
Written by Brian Minter
First Book is deeply grateful to have been part of “Oprah’s Surprise Spectacular” on today’s show – her third-to-last television broadcast. We were overwhelmed when 13,000 people at the United Center stood in tribute to Oprah Winfrey and the power of reading – each holding a brand new children’s book to be donated to a child in need through First Book. Surprises don’t get much better than that!
But the story doesn’t end there. Thanks to the audience’s generosity, more than 25,000 new books in total will be given to children in low-income communities throughout the country, including a donation of over 1,100 books for the children at KIPP Believe College Preparatory Academy in New Orleans, the school that was featured in the broadcast.
