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MARCH 2011
BOOKS-A-GO GO will celebrate its 6 year, and celebrate over 600,000 books given out to children in need. Host a BOOKS-A-GO GO book drive in YOUR community!
FEBRUARY 2012
BOOKS-A-GO GO is pleased again to partner with Project Makeover. Every year, University of Florida Students do a surprise makeover of a school in need in the Gainesville FL area. This years school is Chester Shell Elementary. BOOKS-A-GO GO is providing books to all of the students, and has supported Project Makeover since it started 5 years ago!
JANUARY 2012
BOOKS-A-GO GO continues to give out books at the Teacher Supply Depot for Title 1 teachers. BOOKS-A-GO GO has been giving out thousands of books each month for the Depot's monthly giveaway!
DECEMBER 2011
December was a busy month for BOOKS-A-GO GO. Thousands of new books were given out to Title 1 teachers, and Pediatric Hospice patients and their siblings, low income housing developments and Families of Slain Children.
NOVEMBER 2011
Many thanks to Graybar Electric and its employees for the wonderful books it collected for their book drive!
OCTOBER 2011
BOOKS-A-GO GO is very proud to partner with the Blue Star Families and RSVP to get books in the hands of children of the military. This is part of the Blue Star Families' Books on Bases program. This is a wonderful venture, and will run from Oct. 4-17.
BOOKS-A-GO GO is now being offered as a service project for Mission Possible Kids. This is a great organization of hundreds of clubs across the country. The kids will collect books and distribute them to children in need in their own community.
The Rotary is hosting a book drive for BOOKS-A-GO GO during October for their literacy project.
BOOKS-A-GO GO book drives are being done across the country by scout troops and 4-H clubs that collect used and new children's books, and gives them to children in need in their communities.
SEPTEMBER 2011
Sept, 27, Betty Metz, President BOOKS-A-GO GO, spoke at the Rotary Club to kick off their literacy project with a book drive during October. Many thanks to the Rotarians for their support!
BOOKS-A-GO GO is so pleased to be working with Graybar Electric for their book drive. Graybar Electric's employees are enthusiastic and eager to provide books for children who need them.
BOOKS-A-GO GO will be distributing books to the Title 1 teachers at the Teacher Supply Depot on September 8. New and gently used books will be given out.
BOOKS-A-GO GO is pleased to provied books and support the Boys and Girls Club in Biloxi and suprrounding area.
AUGUST 2011
BOOKS-A-GO GO continues to support Success by Six, a United Way initiative) with books for their students.
BOOKS-A-GO GO provided books to BEAM (Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministries) for their back to school giveaway.
BOOKS-A-GO GO is providing books to children in need at Nassau County.
JULY 2011
BOOKS-A-GO GO has provided books that are being taken to children in Cuba. This is BOOKS-A-GO GO's first venture to provide books to Cuban children in need.
BOOKS-A-GO GO has provided books for Costa Rica. the books will be used by the children in the school and church.
BOOKS-A-GO GO continues to work with the PGA Tour to provide books to their summer literacy progran with their interns.
JUNE 2011
BOOKS-A-GO GO is working with the Community Pediatric Hospice to provide books for the patients and their siblings served by Hospice. The children are so happy to get the books, and it has helped the families bond.
MAY 2011
BOOKS-A-GO GO is proud to partner again with the PGA Tour Wives to provide books at their event with local children from Community Hospice. This was a wonderful event last year, and we are glad to support the PGA Tour Wives again this year.
APRIL 2011
BOOKS-A-GO GO is proud to partner again with Jacksonville Country Day School's Young Writer's Workshop on April 30. New books will be given to all of the participants.
BOOKS-A-GO GO will provide books to the Families of Slain Children's family Easter Party.
MARCH 2011 - Celebrating our 5th year, and over 500,000 boooks given away!!!
BOOKS-A-GO GO has its 5th Annual National Children's Book Drive in March. Please contact us if your company or organization can have a book drive to benefit the children in YOUR community.
Many thanks to the Deercreek Women's Alliance for their continued support of our efforts.
March 18, BOOKS-A-GO GO participated in the Much Ado About Books! Children's Chapter. Miss Rosa from PBS fame visited BOOKS-A-GO GO, and she loved what BOOKS-A-GO GO is doing. The children loved Miss Rosa, and so does BOOKS-A-GO GO!!!
BOOKS-A-GO GO has provided books that are being sent to the Philippines!!!!
BOOKS-A-GO GO is pleased to operate in Clay County, Florida. Drop off locations ate at all of the Clay County Watson Realty Offices.
FEBRUARY 2011
Many Thanks to the Jacksonville Jewish Center that had its members bring in books at their program in February.
BOOKS-A-GO GO is proud to partner, again, with the University of Florida Seniors in Project Makeover. These students made over Duval Elementary School in Gainesville Florida, and over a weekend, and BOOKS-A-GO GO will provide a book to each student. The kids loved the books!!!
JANUARY 2011
BOOKS-A-GO GO gave new books to the Police in Biloxi Mississsippi that will be given to their local children in need.
DECEMBER 2010
Thanks to the Regal Avenues 20 on Philips Hwy, in Jacksonville FL, for collecting books for BOOKS-A-GO GO. The book collection was in conjunction with the opening of The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader on December 10. The Regal Avenues 20 had a free activity day for kids Sunday, December 12 that kicked off the collection of books. Thank you to Regal Avenues 20 for this opportunity to collect both new and used books for the children in need.
December 2, BOOKS-A-GO GO gave out books to the Title 1 teachers at The Teacher Supply Depot!
The American Society of Highway Engineers selected BOOKS-A-GO GO again as their charity for Christmas. They will bring in new children's books that will be distributed at Christmas! Thanks ASHE!
Jacksonville Country Day School had their PreK and K students bring in books for BOOKS-A-GO GO. many books were coll,lected, that were given out for Christmas!
BOOKS-A-GO GO has received may requests for books. We are pleased that our books were given out at low income housing parties, and at the Families of Slain Children's Christmas Party.
NOVEMBER 2010
BOOKS-A-GO GO is sending a shipment of over 1,000 books, school supplies, and toys to the children of Haiti. This has been a long and difficult process to obtain, organize and secure shipment of the books to Haiti! BOOKS-A-GO GO will continue to provide books to Haiti, and other countries across the world for chidren in need. ( The books are now in Haiti)
Thanks to Dan Scanlon of the Florida Times Union for a great article and photo on November 25, 2010 about our shipment to Haiti.
BOOKS-A-GO GO gave out over 3,500 books to Title 1 teachers at The Teacher Supply Depot.
These included over 1,000 Christmas books! The teachers were so happy to have books for their students!
Many requests are coming in to BOOKS-A-GO GO for books for Christmas.......
OCTOBER 2010
Over 2,500 books were given to Title 1 teachers at The Teacher Supply Depot.
The Families of Slain Children had a community event, and BOOKS-A-GO GO provided books to the children who attended. FOSC always has books available to give to the children involved to help them.
SEPTEMBER 2010
BOOKS-A-GO GO gave out thousands of books to Title 1 teachers. They were so pleased to be able to give the books for their students.
BOOKS-A-GO GO is very popular as a service project across the country. Thousands of individuals and organizations are collecting books in their communities, and given them to local children in need.
A fire has destroyed the library of the Mesa Elementary School in New Mexico. This is part of the Navajo Reservation that BOOKS-A-GO GO has helped with books for the schools. BOOKS-A-GO GO will provide more books to them. If you care to donate to this effort, the money will be used for shipping the books. The students are devastated and crying over their lost books!!! Heartbreaking!l
AUGUST 2010
BOOKS-A-GO GO took books, coloring books and crayons to children in Russia. Many thanks to Viking Cruise personnel for identifying the location, and helping us with the distribution.
Many book drives going on, and the books keep coming in!
JULY 2010
BOOKS-A-GO GO is proud to partner with another medical mission trip to Mexico. Books in Spanish will be given to the children and schools in Mexico.
BOOKS-A-GO GO French text books, story books, coloring books and crayons are being assembled to be shipped to Haiti children! Thanks to all who is making this possible!!!!
BOOKS-A-GO GO continues to provide teaching aids and books to programs that serve low income children all summer.
JUNE 10
BOOKS-A-GO GO donated books to Miss Kookye's bus in Bradenton Florida. This is a followup to a broadcast on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams.
Books have been sent to the Navajo Reservation for the children on the reservation. This is part of an ongoing effort and partnership with EVE's Foundation
MAY 2010
- BOOKS-A-GO GO has distributed thousands, and thousands of books to Title 1 teachers to give to their students for summer reading.
May 4 GOLFING FOR BOOKS!!!!!!!
BOOKS-A-GO GO goes to THE PLAYERS!
BOOKS-A-GO GO is proud to partner with the PGA TOUR Players Wives by collecting children's books at the Players on Tuesday, May 4 at THE PLAYERS practice round at TPC at Sawgrass. The TOUR Players Wives are focusing their charitable efforts this year on literacy.
Spectators on Tuesday May 4, can bring their used or new children's books, and they will collected at the entrance gates at the Tournament. All books collected will be given to local children from low income families.
BOOKS-A-GO GO will also participate in the Tour Players Wives 2010 Peds Care Event with Community Hospice. "These Kids Can Play:Bookfest"
BOOKS-A-GO GO also supported 2 other PGA events in Dallas and San Antonio with books for the local children from low income families.
APRIL
BOOKS-A-GO GO welcomes Watson Realty Corporation to the BOOKS-A-GO GO family by hosting our book donation bins throughout Jacksonville Florida for yearround donations.
Watson Realty offices in Jacksonville are conveniently located in the following areas, and open 7 days a week!
Baymeadows/Sunbeam
San March/San Jose
Mandarin, North and South offices
Southside
Fort Caroline
Hidden Hills
Intracoastal
Hodges Blvd
West/Chaffee Road
Avondale/Ortega
Oakleaf
Jacksonville Beach
Neptune Beach
North/Dunn Ave.
Deercreek/Corporate office
Ponte Vedra Beach
WATSON CARES!!
April 1-15
BIRMINGHAM READS!!!
BOOKS-A-GO GO is proud to continue it's partnership with Winn-Dixie in 10 of its Birmingham Alabama locations to collect children's books for BIRMINGHAM READS! BOOKS-A-GO GO joins Better Basics and the Junior Leage in this huge community effort to get books in the hands of children who cannot afford them in Birmingham, Alabama.
MARCH 2010
BOOKS-A-GO GO held its 4th Annual National Children's Book Drive. Remember, all books collected remain in the local community! No cost to participate. Businesses are glad to have families visit their businesses to drop off books. EMAIL BOOKSAGOGO@aol.com with the number of books collected, and the school or organization you gave them to that serves low income children.
March 10-23 - Winn-Dixie Grocery Stores in Tampa, Sarasota and Northeast Florida, and Southern Georgia,are participating in BOOKS-A-GO GO's Book Drive! We welcome Winn-Dixie!!!
Winn-Dixie Stores in the Birmingham area will join collect books April 1-15 to support Birmingham Reads!
Communities in Schools is joining BOOKS-A-GO GO's Book Drive throughout the state of Florida! They will partner with our Winn-Dixie stores that are participating!
DriveTime car dealerships, our founding sponsor, will continue to participate throughout the country in many of its locations.
March 1, - BOOKS-A-GO GO is proud to support Project Makeover in Gainesville, FL. Over 600 students from the University of Florida will do a weekend makeover of Lake Forest Elementary School. BOOKS-A-GO GO is supplying books to all the students! this is the third year BOOKS-A-GO GO has helped in this wonderful venture. SHHHHH ! It is a suprise, and the children won't know until they come in Monday morning!
March 2, BOOKS-A-GO GO celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday by participating in parties for low income children. All children enjoyed Dr. Seuss story tellers, and got a book and a Dr. Seuss hat or scarf! thank you PEO and Debbie Wallace!
FEBRUARY 2010
BOOKS-A-GO GO founder and President, Betty Metz, was honored by the Florida Times Union as , "One Who Made a Difference in 2009," This was a great honor, and Betty appreciates all the people who continually support BOOKS-A-GO GO's efforts.
BOOKS-A-GO GO has had dozens of book drives collecting much needed books. Special Thanks to 3 chidren's birthday parties, where the guests brought new books for BOOKS-A-GO GO!
BOOKS-A-GO GO was proud to participate again at the Much Ado About Books sponsored by the Jacksonville Library.
JANUARY 2010
BOOKS-A-GO GO has sent books to Panama with a Mission trip. Contact us if you want to work with BOOKS-A-GO GO on your next trip overseas.
DECEMBER 2009
BOOKS-A-GO GO gave out over 11,000 new books at Christmas to children. For many children, we know that our book is the only Christmas present they received.
Thanks to Fresh Threads Consignment store in Tampa for giving a % of sales to BOOKS-A-GO GO for sales for the month.
NOVEMBER 2009
Thank you to San Juan Del Rio Catholic Church and School for the great book drive and mountain of books that were collected for BOOKS-AGO GO. It was fabulous to see the dedication and drive of the whole San Juan Del Rio Family. We look forward to continuing to work with them in future book drives.
The Daytona Swing collected children's books for BOOKS-A-GO GO! The Daytona Swing is a fabulous golf weekend for ladies, and is run by the Deerfield Lakes Ladies Golf Association. They had a fun weekend with over 100 ladies, and did a great job in providing books for children in need. BOOKS-A-GO GO is proud to be a part of the Daytona Swing!
OCTOBER
BOOKS-A-GO GO is proud to be working with EZ Book Recyclers in Aurora Illinois. EZ will be placing book donation bins in Chicagoland. If you have a location for a bin, or want children's books from the donations in that area, please contact BOOKS-A-GO GO, or EZ Book Recyclers at 630-890-1929
SEPTEMBER
Random House, and Mary Pope Osborne, author of the Magic Tree House Series, has donated 20 sets of the Magic Tree House books, Merlin's Missions, and the Research Guides to BOOKS-A-GO GO. These book sets will be used as classroom sets for 2nd and 3rd grade classes for Title 1 schools.
Mary Pope Osborne has been also working with BOOKS-A-GO GO in getting more books to the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. (Special thanks to R.M. in Colorado who sent children's books to BOOKS-A-GO GO because of our relationship with the Navajo Reservation, You are an angel!)
BOOKS-A-GO GO is proud to partner with the Tom Barrow Company to supply books for a library and reading program for the Edith Brown Community Center.
BOOKS-A-GO GO gave out over 4,100 books to Title 1 teachers and teachers with low income children to the Duval School District in Florida at the Teacher Supply Depot in Jacksonville Florida.
AUGUST
BOOKS-A-GO GO is pleased to partner with the KPMG Interns for Literacy. The interns had a wonderful program with several groups of children from low income families. Staff from KPMG came, and it was a wonderful event with each child getting 2 new books purchased with donations collected by the KPMG Interns for Literacy. This program was in partnership with First Book.
BOOKS-A-GO GO is shipping books to the Navajo Reservation in Arizona for their libraries and other programs that serve Navajo children in need. This is in partnership with Mary Pope Osborne.
BOOKS-A-GO GO again has books going to children in Mexico with a medical mission project.
JUNE
BOOKS-A-GO GO is proud to be working with the Ling Tung University in Taiwan to get books to Taiwanese children in need. BOOKS-A-GO GO goes to Asia!
BOOKS-A-GO GO distributed over 10,000 books for summer reading to children in need.
BOOKS are given to homeless shelters and victims services organizations. Books are healing for children going through trauma situations.
MAY
BOOKS-A-GO GO received a proclamation by Mayor John Peyton of Jacksonville Florida in recognition of our national book drive, and the impact we are making on children's lives through books. BOOKS-A-GO GO is thrilled to receive this recognition.
BOOKS-A-GO GO is now on Twitter! Twitter us at BOOKSAGOGO, be our friend, and find what we are up to!
BOOKS-A-GO GO wants to thank First Book for all of their support from our first local book drive. Their support of our efforts have been key in to the success of BOOKS-A-GO GO!
Many thanks to Penguin Group for donating new children's books to BOOKS-A-GO GO to support our Annual Book Drive in March. Henry Winkler (the Fonz) author of the popular Hank Zipzer series (Penguin Group) is a member of the BOOKS-a-GO GO Advisory Board, and has been an avid supporter of our efforts.
BOOKS-A-GO GO is pleased to announce that Mary Pope Osborne, author of the Magic Tree House Series, and Natalie Pope Boyce author of the Magic Tree House Research Guides have joined the BOOKS-A-GO GO Advisory Board!
-- FIRST BOOK features BOOKS-A-GO GO in its website! Visit FIRSTBOOK.org, then First Book Blogs, then Book Recipients. FIRST BOOK has been an great supporter of BOOKS-A-GO GO from our first book drive. Their staff, advice, and certainly their books have been very invaluable to our success!
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