Senior Chloe Leavitt collected 196 books for the collection--thank you!

Chloe Leavitt, a CSUSacramento senior speech-language pathology major, collected 196 beautiful children's books from customers at the ice cream parlor where she works. She just put up a box with a sign and some fliers--and here we are! Chloe, thank you for going the extra mile to support children's literacy!

What a blessing to work with La Familia and Rachel and Bill Rios

I am so happy to work with Rachel and Bill Rios and La Familia in South Sacramento! Thanks to generous donations, I have been able to share hundreds of books with this awesome organization that reaches out to under-resourced families in multiple ways. Here, free books are being shared with families. Love working with you, Rachel and Bill! Keep up the amazing work you do with our local families!

Speech-language pathology senior at Sac State collected more than 2,000 books--props to Ismara C.!

Ismara C., a senior speech-language pathology major at Sac State, collected and donated more than 2,000 beautiful children's books to my collection. Ismara, you are amazing! Ismara mainly did this through word of mouth; she worked with several schools, and parents and children were very generous. I am so thankful for Ismara's dedication to children's literacy.

I appreciate Marissa and Gianna James and Brownie Troop 2593 from Carl Sundahl School--468 books donated!

Gianna and Marissa James, juniors in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at Sacramento State, worked with Brownie Troop 2593 from Carl Sundhal School in Folsom to collect/buy 468 beautiful children's books!

 

The Brownies sold cookies and used part of their cookie money to buy beautiful new children's books to share with children who have no books at home. It really does not get any better than this. Thank you so much, ladies--you are already making a difference for others, and you made my whole spring season! Let's hear it for girl power!!

 

Thanks, Alyna Kanae, for 500+ books!

Alyna Kanae of Sheldon High School collected over 500 children's books for her senior project. Thanks so much for your work and dedication, Alyna! It is great to work with highly motivated high school students who want to make a contribution to our community!

Thank You, Davis Waldorf School, for Donating 1,843 Books!

Mrs. Ute Luebeck's Fourth Grade Class from the Davis Waldorf School sponsored a schoolwide book drive for its "Warm the Heart" project and collected an astounding 1,843 books to donate to the "Love, Talk, Read" children's book drive.  The books will be donated to hundreds of local families served by various agencies in Yolo County.

Mrs. Ute Luebeck and the fantastic fourth graders of Davis Waldorf School

collected an amazing 1,843 books.  The second grade class collected the most books.

Yogurtland generously donated a yogurt party for both classes.

Thank you, Yogurtland, for supporting our kids in their community service!

 

The students in the fourth graders' buddy class... the second grade class... won the book drive contest and received the prize of a yogurt party that was generously donated by Yogurtland in Davis.  In fact, Yogurtland was so impressed by the outstanding community service project that they invited both classes to the yogurt party.

 

The "Love, Talk, Read" book drive is so grateful to the families and staff from the Davis Waldorf School, Yogurtland, and the mighty fourth grade class for their hard work and incredible effort.  We would like to send a special thank you to Tracy Keenan, M.S.W., the School Inclusion Coordinator, who dedicated many hours and a lot of muscle to coordinate the book drive.  Way to Go, Davis Waldorf School!!!











Gina Fuentes collected over 500 books!

 

I sure appreciate Gina Fuentes, a senior in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, who gathered over 500 children's books! The books are greatly appreciated--thanks for your contribution, Gina!