First Book, Charity of the Day
The mission of First Book is to supply children of low-income families with their first new books to read and enjoy as a family and instill in them the joy of stories for years to come. Certainly an admirable objective that is sure to encourage not only intellectual growth but confidence as well. Donations don't need to be large to make a difference:
- $10 can introduce a child to four new books
- $50 means a family will be given twenty new books to share and learn together
- $100 will supply a tutoring kit of forty books that a mentor and child can work through during an entire year
- $250 brings one hundred books to a classroom providing a stack of books for each child
- $500 supplies two hundred books to fill forty children's backpacks in community-based programs
- $1,000 opens doors of a neighborhood library with four hundred books to share
