Weinberg Foundation/Baltimore Reads Launch Book Drive
Governor O'Malley to Bring Wheelbarrow Full of Books!
BALTIMORE, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following event is being announced by The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation:
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We're celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday in a wonderful way. It's the next chapter of the Baltimore Elementary and Middle School Library Project, which means filling up those new libraries with new books! |
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In partnership with Baltimore Reads, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation is leading a community-wide Book Drive throughout the month of March (National Reading Month). More than 40 community partners have committed to place book drop-off bins at roughly 100 locations across the Baltimore area to collect new books for students ages 3 – 14. |
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Governor O'Malley, Book Drive organizers and participants, and special guest, The Cat in the Hat! |
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Friday, March 2 (Read Across America Day) |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Southwest Baltimore Charter School |
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1300 Herkimer Street |
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Baltimore, Maryland 21223 |
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Craig Demchak, Director of Community Affairs |
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443-738-1159, [email protected] |
About The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private charitable foundations in the United States, provides approximately $100 million in annual grants to nonprofits that provide direct services to economically disadvantaged people, primarily in the U.S. and Israel. Grants are focused on meeting basic needs and enhancing an individual's ability to meet those needs with emphasis on older adults, the Jewish community, and our hometown communities of Maryland, northeastern Pennsylvania, and Hawaii. The trustees, some of whom also serve as executive officers of the Foundation, are Alvin Awaya, Judge Ellen M. Heller, Robert T. Kelly, Jr., Barry I. Schloss, and Chairman of the Board Donn Weinberg. Rachel Monroe serves as the Weinberg Foundation's President. For more information please go to www.hjweinbergfoundation.org.
SOURCE The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
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