FIRST BOOK Program primer

In neighborhoods across the country, First Book advisory boards unite community leaders to provide books to children in literacy programs, shelters, housing project initiatives, soup kitchens, after-school programs and other community-based efforts geared toward reaching children living at or below the poverty line. 

The organization has distributed more 45 million new books since it was established in 1992

For more information, visit www.firstbook.org. You may also contact Eileen Morelli, associate professor of education at Westminster College. at (724) 946-6035 or e-mail her at morellme@westminster.edu for additional information about First Book-Westminster and the grant program.

Source: Westminster College