Two schools in Tallahassee have given generously to Kids in Need -- Books in Deed this spring.
Maclay School chose Kids in Need -- Books in Deed as their school-wide charity. They had a book drive and raised money all year. The student-driven charity program presented a check to Julianna Baggott in early June. Lee Norment, the group's supervisor, said that Maclay's chapter of The National Honor Society ran a book drive and donated those books to KIN -- BID as well.
Holy Comforter Episcopal School also ran a book drive, and collected hundreds of gently used books for their donation. Holy Comforter has consistently run this type of books drive, and give thousands of books to those kids who need them all over Tallahasse, FL.
KIN -- BID thanks all of the teachers and students at Maclay and Holy Comforter for their generous support of the program.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Testimonials (Part 2)
At Nims Middle School (Tallahassee, FL) we have successfully given out hundreds of books donated by Kids in Need -- Books in Deed to our students. We have them available in the library in a special bin with a large sign that says "Want a book?" I also have placed books on a cart with "Free book" signs hanging from it. I then take the cart down to the cafeteria during lunch and "sell" the books to students. I believe in students building home library collections and the donations received through KIN -- BID have truly helped out our efforts at Nims.
-- Jennifer Mock, Media Specialist
Thank you, thank you Kids in Need -- Books in Deed. Hartsfield Elementary School (Tallahassee, FL) was the recent, grateful recipient of hundreds of childrens books - just in time for summer. Most of our students come from families with little or no reading material at home and no easy access to a public library, yet it's so important for them to keep reading over the summer. Summer can be a time of learning loss and our kids cannot afford it. The donation we received allowed all of our students to choose one or two books to take home and keep at the end of the school year. Many of our children actually chose the longest book they could find - thinking the more pages, the longer the book would last over the summer weeks ahead. Donations to Kids in Need -- Books in Deed go exactly to where they are needed most, believe me.
-- Mary Jo Peltier
Media Specialist, Hartsfield Elementary
-- Jennifer Mock, Media Specialist
Thank you, thank you Kids in Need -- Books in Deed. Hartsfield Elementary School (Tallahassee, FL) was the recent, grateful recipient of hundreds of childrens books - just in time for summer. Most of our students come from families with little or no reading material at home and no easy access to a public library, yet it's so important for them to keep reading over the summer. Summer can be a time of learning loss and our kids cannot afford it. The donation we received allowed all of our students to choose one or two books to take home and keep at the end of the school year. Many of our children actually chose the longest book they could find - thinking the more pages, the longer the book would last over the summer weeks ahead. Donations to Kids in Need -- Books in Deed go exactly to where they are needed most, believe me.
-- Mary Jo Peltier
Media Specialist, Hartsfield Elementary
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
New Partnership with Sanibel Writers' Conference
This fall, Kids in Need - Books in Deed is partnering with the Sanibel Writers Conference. Tom Demarchi, the director of the conference, has invited children's book author Laurel Snyder to be on the faculty this fall. In addition to teaching a workshop, giving panel discussions and a reading at the conference, Snyder will visit a Title I school in Fort Meyers area. Snyder will donate her time with the school children and Kids in Need - Books in Deed will be donating a copy of one of her books to every student attending Snyder's presentation.
"This is exactly the kind of programming that we first were hoping for when we started Kids in Need - Books in Deed in 2006," explains Julianna Baggott, a co-founder of the program. "We wanted kids with little access to books and living, breathing writers to have the experience of meeting an author, hearing that author talk about the imagination, and then getting free books into those kids' hands."
Kids in Need -- Books in Deed is looking for more partnership opportunities like this. If you have any ideas, don't hesitate to get in touch!
"This is exactly the kind of programming that we first were hoping for when we started Kids in Need - Books in Deed in 2006," explains Julianna Baggott, a co-founder of the program. "We wanted kids with little access to books and living, breathing writers to have the experience of meeting an author, hearing that author talk about the imagination, and then getting free books into those kids' hands."
Kids in Need -- Books in Deed is looking for more partnership opportunities like this. If you have any ideas, don't hesitate to get in touch!
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Reading Dream donation
Andrea Kantor, founder of Reading Dream, a non-profit organization that sends books and other reading materials to children who need them, recently delivered a shipment of books to Kids in Need - Books in Deed. These books were given to Hartsfield Elementary School Media Specialist Mary Jo Peltier. Hartsfield distributes the books to children throughout the school via "Reading Faeries," older students who volunteer to help pass on a love of reading in their younger schoolmates.
Kantor and other volunteers at Reading Dream want to help children who do not have access to books learn to love to read. By sending children books, they hope to help them on their way to becoming life-long readers.
Kantor and other volunteers at Reading Dream want to help children who do not have access to books learn to love to read. By sending children books, they hope to help them on their way to becoming life-long readers.
Nims Middle School Receives Books
Nims Middle School has just received a small shipment of books from Kids in Need - Books in Deed. Medial Specialist Jennifer Mock selected books from the Scholastic Warehouse Sale specifically for her students at Nims. As students approach summer, it's more important than ever to have a great media specialist giving them great books to boost their summer reading.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
What People are Saying
The students of Florida City Elementary School have greatly benefited from the program, Kids in Need - Books in Deed. Over the last five years we've received many boxes donated books for our students. Our school is a Title I school with 95 percent of the students eligible for free lunch. Many of our students do not have books at home and to receive the donated books from Kids in Need - Books in Deed brings the importance of literacy to the families of our students.
Hanna Colombey
Media Specialist
Florida City Elementary School
Hanna Colombey
Media Specialist
Florida City Elementary School
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Participating Schools
With the extreme wealth of Florida, there is also extreme poverty and often extreme weather which only compounds problems. There are counties in Florida, like Putnam County, where 28.9 % of the children live in poverty--which is almost one out of every three.
Here are some of our participating schools who have given and received since we began in 2006:
Holy Comforter Episcopal School has hosted book drives over the years, donating well over 5,000 books to Title I schools in the area. We owe a great debt of gratitude to Laura Powell, a teacher who has worked tirelessly to make these donations happen.
Their donations have fueled the summer reading program at Hartsfield Elementary School where Mary Jo Peltier, media specialist, once elected a few "book fairies" to go from class to class, allowing students to choose their own free books for summer reading.
Kids in Need - Books in Deed has also helped boost Hartsfield Library with hardback books purchased through Scholastic discounts.
Cornerstone Learning Community After donating $100 from their own Visiting Author Series, Cornerstone Learning Community has inspired generosity by hosting a new student-run fundraiser that raised over $1100.00 to get more books into more hands! Their donation will go to providing books for a Title I school in Gadsden County. Thank you so very much, Cornerstone! Visit them at: www.cornerstonelc.com.
Florida City Elementary is a Title I school in the Miami-Dade Public School System. 96% of their students qualify for free/reduced lunch. There is no public library or bookstore in the town. Their media specialist, Hanna Colombey is always looking for ways to motivate the students to read and put books in their hands. She is looking forward to seeing her students benefit from the program.
Florida State University School participated in the program by hosting a Write-A-Thon, the proceeds of which first served Kids in Need within their own community. FSUS is a charter school that serves kindergarten through 12th grade and is sponsored by Florida State University. The school was founded in 1857 and provides research and development opportunities for educators as well as providing a laboratory for teacher education. With strong programs in the academics, as well as award-winning art, foreign language, and athletic programs, FSUS is a demonstration school for exploring and refining results-based innovative teaching techniques as well as being a professional teacher education center where inservice and preservice teachers may observe and participate in exemplary teacher practices; and a vehicle for the dissemination of research findings that have proven effective.
Gretna Elementary School is a Title I school in Gadsden County, serving 332 students from pre-K through 5th grade. One of their second-grade teachers, Kameelah Weeks, contacted us to sign up her young readers and writers for a free author visit and free books. Because of a fundraising effort put forward by the students at Cornerstone Learning Community, we are able to fund many more students than just the second graders in Kameelah Weeks' classroom. 89% of the students attending Gretna Elementary School qualify for the free and reduced lunch program.
Maclay School hosted a Write-A-Thon. Established in 1968, Maclay School offers a college preparatory curriculum for young people from Pre-School (ages 3 & 4) through 12th grade. Their philosophy is to support their students in fulfilling their potential academically, emotionally, physically and artistically while building a meaningful spirit among students, parents, faculty and their surrounding community. www.maclay.org
Oak Ridge Elementary received free books and a free author visit. They are a Title I school, serving 511 students from kindergarten through 5th grade. Their administration and faculty are energetic and dedicated to their students. They actively seek opportunities like Kids in Need - Books in Deed for their students. 90% of their students qualify for free and/or reduced lunch.
Here are some of our participating schools who have given and received since we began in 2006:
Holy Comforter Episcopal School has hosted book drives over the years, donating well over 5,000 books to Title I schools in the area. We owe a great debt of gratitude to Laura Powell, a teacher who has worked tirelessly to make these donations happen.
Their donations have fueled the summer reading program at Hartsfield Elementary School where Mary Jo Peltier, media specialist, once elected a few "book fairies" to go from class to class, allowing students to choose their own free books for summer reading.
Kids in Need - Books in Deed has also helped boost Hartsfield Library with hardback books purchased through Scholastic discounts.
Cornerstone Learning Community After donating $100 from their own Visiting Author Series, Cornerstone Learning Community has inspired generosity by hosting a new student-run fundraiser that raised over $1100.00 to get more books into more hands! Their donation will go to providing books for a Title I school in Gadsden County. Thank you so very much, Cornerstone! Visit them at: www.cornerstonelc.com.
Florida City Elementary is a Title I school in the Miami-Dade Public School System. 96% of their students qualify for free/reduced lunch. There is no public library or bookstore in the town. Their media specialist, Hanna Colombey is always looking for ways to motivate the students to read and put books in their hands. She is looking forward to seeing her students benefit from the program.
Florida State University School participated in the program by hosting a Write-A-Thon, the proceeds of which first served Kids in Need within their own community. FSUS is a charter school that serves kindergarten through 12th grade and is sponsored by Florida State University. The school was founded in 1857 and provides research and development opportunities for educators as well as providing a laboratory for teacher education. With strong programs in the academics, as well as award-winning art, foreign language, and athletic programs, FSUS is a demonstration school for exploring and refining results-based innovative teaching techniques as well as being a professional teacher education center where inservice and preservice teachers may observe and participate in exemplary teacher practices; and a vehicle for the dissemination of research findings that have proven effective.
Gretna Elementary School is a Title I school in Gadsden County, serving 332 students from pre-K through 5th grade. One of their second-grade teachers, Kameelah Weeks, contacted us to sign up her young readers and writers for a free author visit and free books. Because of a fundraising effort put forward by the students at Cornerstone Learning Community, we are able to fund many more students than just the second graders in Kameelah Weeks' classroom. 89% of the students attending Gretna Elementary School qualify for the free and reduced lunch program.
Maclay School hosted a Write-A-Thon. Established in 1968, Maclay School offers a college preparatory curriculum for young people from Pre-School (ages 3 & 4) through 12th grade. Their philosophy is to support their students in fulfilling their potential academically, emotionally, physically and artistically while building a meaningful spirit among students, parents, faculty and their surrounding community. www.maclay.org
Oak Ridge Elementary received free books and a free author visit. They are a Title I school, serving 511 students from kindergarten through 5th grade. Their administration and faculty are energetic and dedicated to their students. They actively seek opportunities like Kids in Need - Books in Deed for their students. 90% of their students qualify for free and/or reduced lunch.
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