Books For A Bright Future
Research shows that a child will engage most strongly with a book that he or she has chosen for themselves.
The Kiwanis Club of Cicero’s “Books For A Bright Future” Program
There are approximately 850 elementary school students at Hamilton Heights, and the average price of a book through the Scholastic Publishing Company is $4.99. If each student were to get a free book at both book fairs the total cost would be $8,500 (850 students X $5 per book = $4,250 X 2 = $8,500). The Summer Bookmobile averages 150 visits over the course of the 3-month break. Each student that visits would be able to choose 2 books to keep as their own totaling $1,500. (150 students X $5 per book X 2 visits=$1,500).
For us to acheive our goal of providing a book to each elementary student - both at the Fall Book Fair and the Spring Book Fair - plus provide two books to each student that visits the book mobile during the summer, we aim to raise $10,000 per year.
In the spring of 2024, the Kiwanis Children's Fund · an important initiative of Kiwanis International · granted $4,000 to the Kiwanis Club of Cicero's Books For A Bright Future program. This, along with your generous donations, enabled us to achieve our goal of providing one book to each elementary school student of the 2023-2024 school year. Let's do it again this year!
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Books For A Bright Future has two phases: Provide free, age-appropriate books to elementary school students at the two annual Scholastic Book Fairs and provide books for the school district’s bookmobile that travels the district during the summer months to keep kids engaged in reading throughout summer break.
