Books & Breakfast

09/22/2026

We had a great time last week at At Home in Evanston! So fun to meet Northwestern University students and parents and chat about B&B. Shoutout to Val for her amazing vision and the opportunity to introduce more folks to what we do.

Incoming students fill Fountain Square to see Funkadesi, an Evanston favorite. Hundreds of incoming Northwestern students filled Fountain Square Wednesday

05/12/2026

Summer is around the corner, and we are looking to serve more students than ever! That's why we are especially excited to announce that several generous B&B champions have come together to *match every dollar raised during our spring campaign up to $50,000!*

That means your impact doubles: $10 becomes $20, $100 becomes $200, and $1,500 becomes $3,000 — enough to sponsor a student for the entire summer.

We have a big goal to reach, and we are looking to friends of B&B, like you, to help us achieve it in time for our summer reading and math intensives.

Thank you to the Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation, Mary and Paul Finnegan, Dave and Nicole Berger, Margaret Slayton, Mary Summerville, and our anonymous donors for making this match possible.

Give here: https://www.booksbreakfast.org/donate

(Photo from our campus field trip to Northwestern last week!)

04/30/2026

What do we mean when we say your gift can give Evanston elementary school students a transformational summer?

B&B's Summer Intensives, which provide 1:1 online instruction in Reading and Math, have produced exceptional gains year after year. Last year, students in our Reading Intensives showed an average of four months of reading gains in just six weeks, while students in our Math Intensive jumped ahead an average of 10 months!

Summer is typically a time of learning loss -- but not at Books & Breakfast. Your gifts help make these learning leaps possible. Visit booksbreakfast.org/donate to give today!

04/14/2026

Books & Breakfast is advancing educational equity in partnership with District 65. How -- and why -- do we do what we do? Learn more about our mission by hearing directly from staff, volunteers, students, and parents in our new video.

Visit booksbreakfast.org/donate to support our work.

We're advancing educational equity in partnership with District 65. Learn more about our mission and our work! (2026)