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LINC prepares again to give away high-quality, inclusive children’s books as part of the annual Lights On Afterschool celebrations. “I love new books,” says LINC’s Edina von Hofman. “They give you a sense of feeling special.”
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Throughout the city, reading advocates like LINC partners Turn the Page KC and First Book are inventing ways to get essential books into the hands of children and support to their parents and guardians.
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Turn the Page KC and LINC celebrated with Kansas City civic leaders who predicted that young lives touched by the books will soar higher on the same literary fuel that propelled them to where they are today.
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Turn the Page KC and LINC were chosen from among over 100 applicants to receive the award for books that will expand Turn the Page KC’s mission to mobilize the community to achieve reading proficiency at grade level or above for all third graders in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Van Horn High School students visited their school library during Teen Read Week where each student received a new book. The books were provided through a local First Book distribution.
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LINC Caring Communities sites will receive 80,000 books. This is LINC's fourth book distribution in partnership with FirstBook.
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Watch our video about the process of preparing 35,000 books for delivery to students this summer. Community volunteers and several organizations have helped to make this year's distribution a success.
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LINC and Turn the Page KC along with AmeriCorps volunteers traveled to the First Book distribution center in St. Louis to provide 5,000 books for area children -- part of a concerted effort to get more books in the hands of children in the community.
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LINC distributed 27,000 books, one for every elementary student in the Center, Fort Osage, Grandview, Hickman Mills, Independence, and Kansas City school districts, along with select North Kansas City schools and two charter schools.
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LINC and Turn the Page KC staff along with Americorps Vista volunteers are working hard to prepare and process over 27,000 books for distribution to students around Kansas City.
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LINC staff connected with 300 students and parents to provide free dinner, books, and more during the Garcia Open House as part of the mid-year Kansas City Public Schools open house showcase.
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Mayor Sly James reads "Where the Wild Things Are" to students at Whittier Elementary in KCPS. Each student received 5 free books from KPMG.
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LINC took delivery of nearly 10,000 books as part of a literacy initiative that will put a new book in the hands of every student in the Kansas City Public Schools.
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A virtual book drive in Kansas City aims to put a book in the hands of every Kansas City Public Schools student before the school year ends. Donate today!
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