We hope you’re enjoying the holiday season! The hard-working elves at First Book are doing everything they can to get new books into the hands of kids in need this winter, and you’ve got the chance to do the same.
Your generous donations to First Book have a significant impact – $2.50 provides a new book for a child from a low-income home, and this holiday season, our friends at Disney are matching every $1 donation with another new book. Click here to donate to First Book.
But there are other ways you can get new books to kids in need! There are all kinds of great companies who support our mission, so you can make a difference while taking care of your holiday shopping:
- Build-A-Bear Workshop will donate 50 cents to First Book for every Read Teddy they sell this Christmas season. This stuffed bear is fuzzy, cute, and has a jaunty expression we’re quite fond of.
- philosophy is donating 100% of the net proceeds from all sales of their sweet dreams fresh cream shampoo, shower gel & bubble bath to First Book. Do good and feel good!
- Altruette makes all sorts of beautiful charms, and donates half the proceeds of every sale to a the cause represented by the charm. Lovely! This Christmas, sales of their ABC Book Charm will benefit First Book.
- Baking for Good is a great online bakery where every purchase supports your choice of a great big list of charitable causes. When you buy all the cookies you could possibly want and/or afford, enter “First Book” as the cause you want to support, and 15% of your order will go to provide new books for kids in need.
- I See Me! makes really cool personalized books for kids – stories with a special child’s name in them. And when you check out, if you enter “firstbook” as a coupon code, they’ll will donate 10% of sales to First Book … plus you’ll get 10% off your order.
You can find more about these great partners, and others like them, on our website. Good luck with your holiday shopping!
Holiday shopping can be very stressful, filled with lines, impatience and worry. Why not fill your holiday season with something sweet instead?
Baking for Good is an online bakery provides extra sugary sweetness. Not only do their products taste delicious, but 15% of your purchase can be donated to First Book! In addition, they provide outstanding customer service that would sweeten the mood of any bitter Grinch.
I recently sent birthday cookies from Baking for Good. I sent the cookies about 3 weeks in advance, anticipating a busy schedule in the following weeks. To make sure the birthday boy did celebrate his special day in advanced I sent a message on the package saying “DO NOT OPEN TILL November 29!” The following day I received an email saying:
“Thanks for placing an order on Baking for Good! We noticed you mentioned Nov 29 in your gift message. Just wanted to let you know we’ll plan to send this out on Monday, which should get it there on Wednesday or Thursday of next week. This way it will arrive in plenty of time for your friend’s birthday, and your gift message will still be appropriate. Hope that works for you, but definitely feel free to let us know if you would like us to time it differently!”
I was amazed by the fact that a company would be so considerate and go out of their way to accommodate my needs. It just goes to show how sweet the spirit of giving is and as they say “a little sugar goes a long way.”
First Book has teamed up with Baking for Good, a new company that is bringing the local bake sale online. Baking for Good sells all-natural, made-to-order, gourmet bake sale favorites like brownies, cookies and whoopie pies, and donates 15% of every purchase to a cause of your choice. To support First Book and buy some delicious food, visit Baking for Good’s First Book page. You can even add an additional donation at checkout, if you’d like.
We hope you’ll think of supporting First Book through Baking for Good whenever you’re sending a gift, hosting an event or just in the mood for some sweet treats. Enjoy!
