Reading in Our Parks
Thank You!
The USA TODAY NETWORK and the Gannett Foundation’s A Community Thrives fundraiser closed on Friday, October 16th.
Thanks to YOU, And Literacy For All exceeded the Foundation's requirement for additional grant eligibility!
Thank you to the twenty-eight individuals who made this fundraising campaign a success.
Additionally, your donations of over $4,500 will make possible five new Neighborhood Park Free Book Boxes and a year’s supply of high quality multiculturally appropriate Free Books for each.
Soon, USA TODAY NETWORK and the Gannett Foundation will distribute more than $2,000,000 in additional grants.
Your participation in this fundraising campaign supports our mission and strengthens our effort to demonstrate that And Literacy for All has the strong community backing that merits an additional $5,000 Local Operating Grant.
Stay tuned for grant announcements in December 2020!
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We have achieved a major milestone!
We have redistributed 15,000 free books.
On Friday, November 8,2019 First-grader David Morales at Harlem Heights Community Charter School (HHCCS), picked a free book to take home. He is showing the gold star inside the back cover that indicates he had chosen our 10.000th free book. Since then we continue to have high demand for free books, especially through our Free Book Boxes, and have now given away over 15,000. Like every student at HHCCS, David participates in our read-aloud program that also includes choosing a free book for his home library. We redistribute gently used and new books throughout our community through a combination of our 12 Free Book boxes, our Free Book Friday read-alouds, and participation at various community events. David is shown with And Literacy for All President Mary Corrigan. Mary is dedicated to our mission of “Building family and community literacy one book at a time.”
Help us restock our supply of children's books.
Books are flying out of the Free Book Boxes at Franklin Park Elementary School, the Harlem Heights Community Charter School, the Quality Life Center in Fort Myers, Lakes Park Children's Garden, Camelot Park, SalusCare Children's Center for Growth, Jefferson Park, The Cape Coral Yacht Club Park, the William (Bill) Austen Youth Center, and All Faiths Unitatian Congregation. They provide books to children and families who might not otherwise have access to them.
We obtain our books through a combination of book donations from individuals as well as from organizations such as schools and libraries, and by purchasing them from discount booksellers. We use any monetary donations to purchase books and buy materials to build and maintain the Free Book boxes.
We have redistributed 15,000 free books.
On Friday, November 8,2019 First-grader David Morales at Harlem Heights Community Charter School (HHCCS), picked a free book to take home. He is showing the gold star inside the back cover that indicates he had chosen our 10.000th free book. Since then we continue to have high demand for free books, especially through our Free Book Boxes, and have now given away over 15,000. Like every student at HHCCS, David participates in our read-aloud program that also includes choosing a free book for his home library. We redistribute gently used and new books throughout our community through a combination of our 12 Free Book boxes, our Free Book Friday read-alouds, and participation at various community events. David is shown with And Literacy for All President Mary Corrigan. Mary is dedicated to our mission of “Building family and community literacy one book at a time.”
Help us restock our supply of children's books.
Books are flying out of the Free Book Boxes at Franklin Park Elementary School, the Harlem Heights Community Charter School, the Quality Life Center in Fort Myers, Lakes Park Children's Garden, Camelot Park, SalusCare Children's Center for Growth, Jefferson Park, The Cape Coral Yacht Club Park, the William (Bill) Austen Youth Center, and All Faiths Unitatian Congregation. They provide books to children and families who might not otherwise have access to them.
We obtain our books through a combination of book donations from individuals as well as from organizations such as schools and libraries, and by purchasing them from discount booksellers. We use any monetary donations to purchase books and buy materials to build and maintain the Free Book boxes.
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Roelens Vacation Rentals owner and co-sponsor of this Free Book Box, Koen Roelens helps daughter and artist, Sophia load the first books into this newly installed box at the William (Bill) Austen Youth Center.
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Cape Coral Yacht Club and Park gets a new Free Book Box
And Literacy for All (ALFA), a Fort Myers based non-profit, partnered with Roelens Vacation Rentals to repurpose this newspaper vending box. It is a source of FREE BOOKS for children and families who visit the Cape Coral Yacht Club Park. ALFA uses these boxes to redistribute donated books. |
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Sophia Roelens and Ayla Millican and their artwork.
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And Literacy for All partnered with All Faiths Unitarian Congregation at the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration to distribute several hundred free books to the participants. We were fortunate to have many donated high-quality books about African-American history and culture to include in the mix. We accept donated books from a variety of sources and redistribute them for free through events such as these, our network of Free Book Boxes, and free book events in local classrooms.
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Free Book Box in Camelot Park in Cape Coral
Check out this video of us installing our Free Book Box, sponsored by Roelens Vacation Rentals. Koen Roelens' daughter Sofia decorated it beautifully. It is located in Camelot Park in southwest Cape Coral.
https://www.roelensvacations.com/for-the-community/ |
www.winknews.com/2018/10/19/tanglewood-elementary-student-starts-little-free-library-in-fort-myers/ Wink News coverage of our project with Girl Scout Evelin Rienzo of Troop 292. Her Troop helped build and decorated this Free Book Box in Jefferson Park. |
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See recent coverage in the Fort Myers News-Press
http://www.news-press.com/story/news/education/2017/10/30/literacy-all-nonprofit-focused-fixing-reading-gap-lee-county/798802001/ Shop Amazon Smile at http://smile.amazon.com/ch/81-5022717 and Amazon donates to And Literacy For All. #YouShopAmazonDonates |
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Providing literacy resources, education and programs to enrich lives and build community.
Through its programs, And Literacy For All's goal is to communicate awareness of the gap between public perception and the true literacy deficiency within our community and to provide ways to promote a literate citizenry.
Help us spread our programs to more neighborhoods! Please donate.
Through its programs, And Literacy For All's goal is to communicate awareness of the gap between public perception and the true literacy deficiency within our community and to provide ways to promote a literate citizenry.
Help us spread our programs to more neighborhoods! Please donate.
And Literacy For All, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
It is registered with the State of Florida, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the division of Consumer Services by calling toll-free 1-800-435-7352 within the state or online at www.floridaconsumerhelp.com. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval, or recommendation by the state. Registration #: CH54892
It is registered with the State of Florida, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the division of Consumer Services by calling toll-free 1-800-435-7352 within the state or online at www.floridaconsumerhelp.com. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval, or recommendation by the state. Registration #: CH54892