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Our Mission | How We Are Helping | Our Outreach Programs
Our Mission:
The mission of The Book Bank Foundation is to promote and advocate literacy. We accomplish this by using motivational speaking, models of positive behavior, scholastic achievement, and resourceful thinkers to stimulate self-esteem, academic achievement, future goal setting, and stories of achievement in communities where illiteracy exists.
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| Seminars On Health • Value of Maintaining Health. Diabetes and hypertension testing • Healthy Diet and its Affect on the Youth |
Book and Clothing Drives • New York • Atlanta • Mississippi • Ohio • Louisiana |
| Seminars On Relationships • Separate seminars for Boys and Girls on relationship etiquette • HIV/AIDS Awareness • Self esteem boosting tip that combat peer pressure |
Book and Clothing Drives • Planning and execution of literacy / education programs/events 15,000 hrs • Serving the homeless through clothing/medicine drives and distribution 5,000 hours • Basic medication and clothing donated to 4,200 individuals •Donated 45,000 hours of community service • Provided 1,050 volunteer opportunities since 1997. • 500 families enriched by the donations of time and effort from our volunteers • Distributing average of $40,133 of donations to the less fortunate per year |
| Seminars On Education • Importance of literacy and education • Examples of what lack of education can lead to • Career choices • Promotion of continued education • Spoke to at risk children who needed tutoring but were ashamed to admit it |
- Aftercare Project (PDF) ( Learn how we stay in touch with those we assist)
- Book Bank University (PDF) (Our academic mentoring and rewards program)
- The Write Way (PDF) (Supporting and encouraging the next wave of
expressive, creative thinkers). - Prison Outreach Program (PDF) (Development and expansion of literacy among incarcerated persons)
Who We Are
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The Executive Board
Board of Directors
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BOOK BANK OVERVIEW:
•Founded in 1997
•501(c)(3) non-profit organization
•We have been able to stimulate change in an average of 10,000 lives a year over the last 10 years.
•Over 450,000 hours of community service in the last 10 years
Events Calendar
