Build the Children

05/06/2026

Some of our VIPs from today’s book fair. ❤️
(Shared with permission)
Now you know why a person would donate time equivalent to a full time job. I get paid. They’ve made me rich.❤️
Thank you Kris Peatee, Annette Carulli, Mark Prenkert, Michelle Zapata, Kelly Papenfus, Anita Raymond for all the help today!

05/04/2026

Getting the books boxed for transport. Grades 7&8 ready to go!!

05/04/2026

With only 2 days until our Free Book Fair and Pizza Party at Spring Elementary, our energy is amped! With not much else to do, we’ll be boxing up books and baking homemade treats! OVER 1,000 books! This means blessing others with the surplus!
Any pre-schools in Monroe or Lucas Counties that would like to see their children receive free books?? We’ve got some great ones to share with pre-K and kindergarten ages!!

05/01/2026

Three pick ups, one drop off and one big Amazon delivery!!! We scored another 119 books today for a total of 989!! Not only did we get books, but we’ve got friendship and inspirational bracelets and book marks! As the children exit the book fair, they each choose a bracelet and a book mark or two.

04/30/2026

Look what showed up in my delivery box!! Thank you to whomever dropped these off!
870 books in hand 50+ more to pick up!

04/30/2026

Thank you Kelly Papenfus and Darlene Dalgo for all the great books covering both ends of the spectrum!! 855 books in hand and another 50 to pick up!!

04/30/2026

FREE BOOK FAIR AND PIZZA PARTY JUST 6 DAYS AWAY!!
I believe we’ll be showing up with over 900 books! Children with have real choices about which books they want to take home. We’ll bring pizza and home made treats! What a great way to end a school year. Thank you all for making this happen!

04/28/2026

04/28/2026

Sorting books by age/grade. The kids will choose what they like but we try! 🤓 About 1/3 of the way done!

04/25/2026

832 BOOKS!!! Woo hoo! And I have it on good authority that more are on the way!! How awesome is that!? These children will have CHOICES! They’ll truly be able to choose, to browse and go home with some favorites! Thank you to everyone and most recently, to Barb Badyna for your wonderfully generous donation!!