The mail doesn’t stop just because it’s cold out, and neither do the book distributions! In early December we held our last major National Book Bank distribution of 2008 in Jessup, Maryland, during what proved to be one of the coldest weeks of the year (at least as far as D.C. natives are concerned). And despite heating problems and weather-induced schedule changes, we succeeded in distributing roughly 350,000 books to children in need across the country, just in time for the holidays and the New Year!
The books were donated by Random House, and generously sponsored by the eBay Foundation. The distribution was supported by the Department of Education, who recruited volunteers to take time off of their busy schedules to tough it out in the name of children’s literacy. Thank you to everyone involved!
If this job teaches you anything, it’s to be thankful for a warm fire with a good book… but it also instills a healthy appreciation for all the mail carriers, couriers, drivers, and UPS workers who move those books from A to B!
Here’s to more book distributions in 2009!
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