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Lisa Libraries Book Donations in 2010

  Total: 22,848 books
American Association of University Women

volunteers distributed Lisa Libraries books to low-income
organizations and service providers including Group Foster
Emergency Care, Family Treatment court, and Hudson River
Housing (transitional housing for homeless families)
http://www.aauwpoughkeepsie.org/

Poughkeepsie, NY 1,347 books
Chambers Elementary

books were given to children identified by their teachers
as not having enough books of their own at home

Kingston, NY 505 books
Coalition for Families

Lisa Libraries books were used to fill the shelves in this center
that serves low-income families and were also given away at
their Reading Day Fair
http://www.leecountyunitedway.org/families/index.htm

Sanford, NC 207 books
Community Health Center

Lisa Libraries books were used in after school program serving
children who live in transitional housing for homeless families
http://www.commhealthcenter.org/

Akron, OH 135 books
Federation for Children with Special Needs

http://fcsn.org/index.php

Boston, MA 272 books
Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson/Sullivan County Head Start

14 year old Angelique Ramos received her Girl Scout Gold
Award by building a literacy library for her local Head Start
http://www.headstart-sullivancounty.org/

Woodbourne, NY 188 book
Girls, Inc.

books were sent to two centers in low-income areas of
Omaha with programs for 250 girls ages 5 to 18
http://www.girlsincomaha.org/Index.aspx

Omaha, NE 420 books
Heartwood in the Hills

arts center in a rural, underprivileged part of West Virginia
http://heartwoodinthehills.org

Big Bend, WV 119 books
Help Me Grow

a statewide initiative working to ensure the health and well-
being of infants and toddlers in the Appalachian area of Ohio

New Philadelphia, OH 176 books
Hybla Valley Elementary School

first graders in this Title 1 school, with over 80% of students
qualifying for the federal free lunch program, will receive
5 books by the end of the semester to take home and keep

Alexandria, VA 750 books
Kingston Public Library
Kingston, NY 1,350 books
Leaps and Bounds

community center offering services for at-risk, low-income
children, including early literacy home visits for 2-5 year olds
http://www.leapsnbounds.org/home0.aspx

Detroit, MI 520 books
Massachusetts Dept. of Social Services

books are given to children in foster care as holiday gifts, at
a party at The Boston Children's Museum, and to fill shelves at
local sites

Boston, MA 5,643 books
My Own Book

teenage volunteers participate in "Reading Buddy" programs for
low-income children in grades K-3
http://www.myownbook.net/donatehere.html

Green Valley, CA 459 books
My Very Own Book

Lisa Libraries books were used as giveaway prizes in this reading
incentive program run in elementary schools in low-income areas
of North Texas
http://myveryownbook.org/

Allen, TX 343 books
Operation Exodus

community center in low-income neighborhoods in Washington Heights
and Inwood, offering after school classes, educational and support services
http://hfny.org/operation-exodus/

New York, NY 789 books
Read Now!

volunteers distribute books to disadvantaged pre-schoolers in day care
centers and WIC (Women, Infants and Children) public clinics
http://readnowonline.org/page.php?id=121

Glen Rock, NJ 170 books
Roundout Neighborhood Center

books were distributed to children at a Martin Luther King
Day celebration
http://www.kingston-ny.gov/content/120/122/1376/default.aspx

Kingston, NY 61 books
Pratt Institute

as part of their work-study duties, college students work
in the Institute's Brooklyn neighborhood in day care centers,
community centers, homeless shelters and literacy classes

Brooklyn, NY 2,356 books
4,567 books
1,800 books
Schneider's Children's Hospital Reach Out and Read

books were given to parents of infants during "well-baby"
visits along with a prescription to read to their
children every night
http://www.reachoutandreadnyc.org

New Hyde Park, NY 566 books
Shelby Early Childhood Center

Lisa Libraries books were used to fill shelves in their library

Shelby, MI 105 books