by Cleo Blackketter | Apr 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Supported by Community Vision, with funding from the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development’s Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative, we’re thrilled to receive a Relocation and Renovation Program Award and Reopening Grant for our...
by Cleo Blackketter | Mar 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Since my students got books from [the Children’s Book Project], something is happening I’ve never seen before. They’re so excited about the books—we’re on Zoom and they share what they’re reading and talk about their favorite series with one another. I just sit...
by Cleo Blackketter | Feb 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Miss San Joaquin County, Our Literacy Champion We are thrilled to partner with Miss San Joaquin County, our Literacy Champion! Emily Grimmius is a fearless advocate for students across California, and has created the Read Dream Succeed Initiative to promote literacy...
by Cleo Blackketter | Jan 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
• Almost 80,000 children’s books donated by individuals, local Book Bag hosts, businesses, publishers, authors, and organizers of book drives… • Nearly 60,000 children’s books given away… • More than 400 clients serving thousands of high-need kids at...
by Cleo Blackketter | Jan 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
We honor the late Kathryn Olney, who died peacefully at home on January 14th after a nearly four-year battle with breast cancer. An investigative journalist, Kathryn volunteered and served on the Board of Directors of the Children’s Book Project for many years,...
by Cleo Blackketter | Dec 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Drawing of Risa by her father, artist Sol Schwartz Our Board President Risa Schwartz shares why she’s so passionate about our mission: “Throughout my life, I’ve turned to books, which have opened my world, challenged my beliefs, and inspired my...
