Book Donors
Books change lives. One of the biggest obstacles to literacy is the scarcity of books in the home. In fact, two thirds of low-income families own no books for their children. BookSpring works throughout the greater Austin area to collect tens of thousands of books to give to children of low-income families.
The following book lovers helped BookSpring put books into the hands of those who need them most.
10,000 + Books
1,000-5,000 Books
- Austin Children’s Shelter
- Austin Cosmopolitan Rotary Club
- Borders Books
- Bush Elementary School PTA
- Forest Trail Elementary
- Hannah Blakely
- Kathy Cox
- Kiwanis Club of University Area, Austin
- Laura Cottam Sajbel
- Mary Reynolds
- Ronald McDonald House
- Stacie and Gavin Ludemann
500-999 Books
- Books Beyond Borders
- Pillow Elementary School
- Westlake High School
- Susannah Willms
The following businesses, groups and individuals also held book drives:
- 3M Austin Center
- Any Baby Can
- Applied Materials
- Davis Elementary School
- Linda and Raul Garibay
- Girl Scout Troop 2064 399
- The Goddard School
- Glenn Haluska
- Rebecca and Richard Herrington
- Hill Elementary School
- Katherine Houston
- Molly Jones
- Kathy Karp
- Diane Kozel
- Tucker Long
- KariDee Martin
- Mathews Elementary School
- Amy Clark Meachum
- News 8 Austin
- Andrea Nunez-Smith
- Primrose Schools of Forest Creek, Round Rock, and Vista Ridge
- Kaye Schultz
- St. Michael’s Catholic Academy
- Travis County Medical Alliance
- Patricia Wallace
- Matthew Winkler
- Jacqui Woolley
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Latest News
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Apr 19
2012 Read-A-Thon Results Are In!
The results are in for the 2012 “Book A Trip” Read-A-Thon sponsored by Howdy Honda! The competition was fierce, and the results from the top three schools were close, but the final tabulations are as follows:
• $138,995 raised by …
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Mar 9
Job Announcement
BookSpring is now accepting applications for the position of Reach Out and Read (ROR) Program Manager. See the job announcement for details and how to apply.
UPDATE: Thank you for your interest in our ROR Program Manager position. This position …
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