I’m Alex, a senior at Langley High School in McLean, Virginia. I launched Give a Kid a Book in January of 2022. So far, we’ve collected more than 8600 books and made donations to organizations in the D.C.-metro area that help children in need, including the Latin American Youth Center in DC and Prince George’s County, Second Story in Fairfax County and Community Family Life Services in DC.
Where your donations are going:
- 300+ books to the Latin American Youth Center‘s after-school programs in DC and Prince George’s County
- 500+ books to DC’s Community Family Life Services BOOK BASH
- 900+ books to Fairfax County’s Second Story and the United Way of the National Capital Area for giveaways at community vaccine clinics
- 225 elementary books and early readers to Books Are Food for Your Brain
- 80 high-quality board books and chapter books to Comfort Cases, which prepares care packages for children entering foster care
- Two donations (1000+ books total) for classroom libraries at Dogwood Elementary School in Reston
- Bimonthly giveaways to clients of the Arlington Food Assistance Center (more than 2000 books and counting)
Plus more to come…
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