Race to 500,000 Books
Please find below a list of "Race to 500,000 Books" events/drop-off locations. We hope you find a way to join us in this race!
BOOK CELEBRATION EVENTS/DROP-OFF LOCATIONS
May 1st through August 31st
READING PARTNERS-BOOK CELEBRATION EVENT
Saturday, June 26th
Reading Partners Office
2910 Swiss Ave
Dallas, TX 75204
9 a.m.-2 pm.
LITERACY ACHIEVES-BOOK CELEBRATION DROP-OFF EVENT
Saturday, July 10th
Literacy Achives-Vickery Meadows
6329 Ridgecrest Drive
Dallas, TX 75231
10 am-1pm
FWISD BOOK CELEBRATION EVENT
Saturday, July 17th
Shops of Clearfork (Greenspace next to B& B Butchers; across from Stabucks)
5188 Monahans Ave,
Fort Worth, TX 76109
11 am-2 pm
RACE TO KINDNESS-1 MILE FUN RUN with RunUnited
Saturday, August 7th, 2021
Race Starts at 6:50 a.m.
FREE-Kids 12 and Under
*Please bring a new or gently used book to the race
650 Highway 287 S
Suite 110
Mansfield, TX US 76063
RACE TO KINDNESS FREE BOOK FAIRS
Our favorite part of the "Race to Kindness" is getting books directly into the hands of kids and adults through out FREE book fairs.
Literacy Achieves
June 26th, 2021
FREE CHILDREN'S BOOK FAIR
United Community Center
July 31st, 2021
FREE CHILDREN'S AND ADULT BOOK FAIR
TULSA DREAM CENTER
AUGUST 28th, 2021
FREE CHILDREN'S BOOK FAIR
South Dallas Cultural Community Center
October 23rd, 2021
FREE CHILDREN'S AND ADULT BOOK FAIR
Our National Partners
The "Why" Behind a "Race to 500,000 Books"
90%
If a child grows up in a home with 100+ books at home, they have a 90% probability of graduating the ninth grade, compared to 30% in bookless homes.
94%
According to a recent Reading is Fundamental survey, 94% of teachers report their biggest concern is that their students do not have access to print books at home.
67%
Two out of every three children living in poverty have no books to call their own.
*Source-Reading Is Fundamental, 2021
