Community Book Drive and Read Together Read-a-thon

Together as a community, join us in creating a Lending Library for VOCEL Early Childhood Center. VOCEL is the first non-profit (registered 501(c)(3)), early childhood education program serving low-income families to launch in Chicago in the past decade.

Read Together at Bubbles Academy - an amazing play space transformed into a childhood reading oasis

Listen Together: Storytimes featuring Tanja Babich: ABC 7 Chicago, Nili Yelin: The Storybook Mom, Kelly Holden: Author of A Short Book on Time, and Roopa Weber: Author of Messy Penny

Create Together: Design your very own bookplate

Make a Difference Together: 1. Collect & Donate Children’s books from home. 2. Optional monetary donation at the door to provide new books. 3. More Than Milk & an anonymous donor will donate ONE NEW BOOK for each participating family!

$6 purchases one paperback classic like Where the Wild Things Are
$13 purchases one hardcover favorite like The Giving Tree
$20 purchases a set of books like the Pigeon Collection by Mo Willams
$30 provides one student with one new book to bring home each week for a month
$50 purchases 3 hardcover read-aloud favorites like Pete the Cat
$100 provides every student in the class one new book to bring home & read with their family

Questions and Comments email: amy@morethanmilk.org

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