Birmingham Reads: Will You Join Us?
Better Basics is excited to team up with The Literacy Council, The Junior League of Birmingham and
the Children’s Literacy Guild of Alabama for Birmingham Reads, a city-wide celebration
of reading. Birmingham Reads is a spring event comprised of two components: reading to
elementary school age children and collecting books for a book drive.
During Birmingham Reads, every
elementary school classroom in the Birmingham City School system will be read a story by community volunteers.
This exciting event will take place on Wednesday, April 14, 2010, from 12:30 to 2:30
p.m. Each student will also receive a book to take home! During this event, we will read to 700
classrooms and distribute books to almost 14,000 students within a two hour period. Your participation
will make a difference in a child's life by helping to foster the love of reading.
Birmingham’s
Biggest Book Drive will run from April 1-15, 2010.
During this time, we will be collecting new or gently-used books that can be brought to any of our drop-off locations.
Currently, the drop off sites for Birmingham’s Biggest Book Drive is any Birmingham area Books-A-Million,
Zoe’s Kitchen or Winn Dixie locations. If you
would like to organize a book drive during Birmingham’s Biggest Book Drive, download the Book Drive
Handbook for instructions and helpful information.
You can also make a donation to Birmingham Reads through PayPal to help provide books for this
exciting event. To make a donation through PayPal, click on the button at the top of the Contributions
page and designate Birmingham Reads in the “note” area. If you are interested
in reading to children during Birmingham Reads, organizing a book
drive, or have any questions, please contact Lauri Rogers at volcoord@betterbasics.org.
To Download the Book Drive Handbook, Click Here.
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