It’s been our most successful fun’raising season yet! Thousands of books have been donated by local businesses and community members throughout K is for Kids’ fun’raising season and Bring a Book, Bring a Friend for Children’s Literacy Month. Special thanks to our sponsors and supporters for
K is for Kids Foundation’s Fun’raising Season 2011-12!
To see all the pics, please browse through our “Top Stories” and photo galleries, plus visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/kisforkids.
Our deep appreciation to all our sponsors! We encourage you to visit these businesses and thank them for supporting K is for Kids Foundation’s book fairs, fun’raisers and literacy events during our Bring a Book, Bring a Friend for Children’s Literacy Month. It is only with their generosity that we are able to fulfill our twin goals of promoting children’s literacy and leadership and advance our mission of giving children in need more books to read, wherever they may be in our communities.
K is for Kids also thanks those who conducted community book drives throughout Collier County and to those who donated books for children, from toddlers to teens!
Our sincere gratitude to the following who served as book drop-off locations for the public:
* All Starbucks of Collier County * Clive Daniel Home *
*Salon C International * Retro Fitness *
and those who conducted employee book drives:
* Collier County Sheriff’s Office * Health Management Associates (HMA) *
* Publix at the Strand * Bank of America at the Strand *
Our deep gratitude and warm thanks to:
The Book Warehouse for their 10,000-book donation!
and our heartfelt thanks to our individual donors:
* Ronnie Herman Agency * Gene Landrum, Ph.D., author *
* Gerald Hausman, author * Juliana Howard * Jennifer Craig, author *
* Lisa Fleming, author * Margaret Cardillo, author *
* Judith Pence, author * Robert Dean Bair, author *
* The Andrea Family * The Mitchell Family * The Patterson Family * The Wilkinson Family *
* Erin Clawson, teen spokesperson *
* the reading coach who gave her entire collection *
and all the grandmothers, moms and kids who gave other children less fortunate a “new” story to read!
K is for Kids’ extends special appreciation to the collaborative partnership of the
Barron Collier High School, particularly Tim Kutz, principal and Kelly Wilson, marketing/digital design/accounting teacher, and the Collier County Public School District.
We owe everything to our
K is for Kids’ teen spokespersons, Teen Advisory Team and volunteers,
who remain the energy and inspiration fueling our mission of
giving kids in need more books to read;
our Board of Directors and Advisory Council Members;
plus all the media specialists, teachers and staff
who have joined our circle of supporters, grant recipients and friends.