How to Join the "Race to 500,000 Books"
May 1st through July 31st
MAKE A FINANCIAL DONATION
To purchase NEW books for children
Through our partnership with Reading Is Fundamental (national children's literacy non-profit,) every $4 donation will purchase a NEW book for a child. These books will then be shared with our literacy partners across the country to help get them into the hands of our children.
PARTICIPATE IN/START A BOOK DRIVE
To pass on your favorite books to a new owner
Our first book drive will be held May 10th-May 21st in partnership with Mansfield ISD. To learn more details, please click the link below.
If you are interested in starting a 'Race to Kindness" Book Drive in your community, we would love to hear about it!
VISIT A DROP-OFF LOCATION AND/OR DROP-OFF EVENT
To share the power of reading with others
We will have specific drop-off locations and "book celebration" drop-off events available throughout DFW where you can leave NEW and gently used condition books. More details coming soon!
Race to Kindness Book Drive
Mansfield ISD
05/10/2021-5/21/2021
Please join us as we collect new and gently used books for our fellow students and families in Mansfield ISD. I encourage you to write a kind note in the inside cover to the book's new owner!
Please see the list below of the types of books we prefer for this drive.
YES:
BABY BOOKS
BOARD BOOKS
SPANISH BOOKS
RHYMING BOOKS
STORY BOOKS
ALPHABET BOOKS
NUMBERS BOOKS
SHAPES BOOKS
ANIMAL BOOKS
PICTURE BOOKS
CHAPTER BOOKS
NO:
COLORING BOOKS
TEXT BOOKS
ACTIVITY BOOKS
SCRIBBLED IN BOOKS
MUSTY/DAMAGED BOOKS
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Literacy Facts & Figures
In Numbers*
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.
91%
According to a recent Reading is Fundamental survey, 91% 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
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