Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting. — Author Unknown If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul. — Rabbi Harold Kushner No matter what happens, give thanks in [...]
Center for Family Success received kids books to give out to their families: We were invited to Gresham City Hall for the Expo Fair. Books 4 Giving & Gresham Barlow Education Foundation shared a table. We passed out free books & got to meet other community businesses. Snowcap has received several donations of kids books [...]
About Bridge Town Book Drive : Supports reading literacy by providing donated books to area schools participating in the SMART reading program Recipients: K-6 schools, SMART reading program, VOA Family Programs 12,000 books donated to date Here are some of the books they received:
7th graders at Gordon Russell Middle School received books from us along with Multnomah County Library summer reading packets to encourage reading during the summer. This was an awesome idea from one of the teachers to do this ;o) Way 2 go!! Here are some of the books they received:
Snowcap regularly gets kids books from us for their clients. SnowCap Community Charities, a food pantry providing emergency food baskets to people in East Multnomah County of Oregon. They are a great organization helping many many famlies in the community! Please check them out & help support their events: www.snowcap.org some pics of their website
You are invited to attend the Gresham-Barlow Education Foundation’s Bagels and Books event, featuring author Jean Auel. (The Clan of the Cave Bear) When: May 24th 7:00-8:30am Cost: Free (light breakfast included) Where: Grace Community Church 800 se Hogan Rd Gresham To RSVP, let me know or call the Gresham-Barlow Education Foundation Office at 503-766-0008. [...]
HELP NEEDED!! especially SPANISH SPEAKERS!!! We went last yr to help translate & loved it! There was 500+ people & maybe 30ish Spanish speaking volunteers & it was not nearly enough help. This yr only 5 people are helping (including us) =/ Go 2 the website if you can help in any area ( you don’t [...]
Rockwood Cinco De Mayo was a blast! Perfect weather, musica perfecta, free face painting, prizes, food was yummy-$1 tacos, lots of people came out & we got to pass out 800 free kids books =o) Also there was Gresham Ford, Mount Hood Legacy, Zumba Dancers from Cascade Athletic, Cita Con Nelly, Roseanne’s Hair Salon, Notica’s Latinas, [...]
English (above) & spanish (below) flyers. Click on them to enlarge. We will be giving out free books & much, much more to do!