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MARCH 2010
BOOKS-A-GO GO is having its 4th Annual National Children's Book Drive. Contact us if you can host a Children's Book Drive in your community. Remember, all books collected will 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 werves low income children.
CHANGE THE WORLD AROUND YOU!
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.
BOOKS-A-GO GO is getting new locations across America signing up for Book Drives in March.
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!
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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