2025 Winter Newsletter

Happy Holidays!

This year at Seedlings, we accomplished so much, thanks to your help! From all of us at Seedlings, thank you for growing with us through these changes. You have helped make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and families we serve.

Our Second Inclusive Story Time!

image description: Children playing with tactile items at our Story Time

We had a WONDERFUL turnout for our second

INCLUSIVE STORY TIME!

Thank you for joining us for our winter-themed story time and thank you to the Livonia Public Library for partnering with us and Balloon Guys for donating your services! Stay tuned for our 2026 story time dates!

Join us for our Panera fundraiser this Thursday, December 18th!

image description: the Panera flyer which you can show on December 18th at the Panera located at 28551 Schoolcraft road, Livonia, MI.

Seedlings' Annual Auction Recap!

This year, we raised $47,215 in our online auction! Thanks to our wonderful sponsors, donors, and bidders, we are able to produce over 4,700 new braille books for our readers.

Image description: A thermometer shows our goal versus amount raised with Seedlings logo inside.

image description: An assist a reader graphic has the information listed below with a photo of a child smiling at the camera and the Seedlings logo.

APPLY HERE

Volunteer with Seedlings!

We're also looking for volunteers to assemble baby books on Mondays and Fridays only!

Join our Board!

We are looking for new board members, specifically with financial experience, alumni readers, or parents of our readers.

Help Seedlings Reach More Children Through Grant Opportunities

Seedlings Braille Books for Children is looking for new grant opportunities to help us continue providing free and low-cost braille books to children with vision loss.

If your business, employer, or professional network offers grants or charitable giving programs, we would be grateful to be considered. Every award, big or small, helps us produce more braille books and support programs like our Book Angel Program, TVIP, Braille for Beginners and more.

If you know of a potential grant or can help connect us with someone who does, please contact Barrie Brown, Grants Manager, at barrie@seedlings.org or 734-395-5459. Together, we can place more braille books into the hands of children, families, teachers, and communities!

image description: A grants thank you graphic listing all of the foundations we received from in 2025.

Our New Titles!

Image description: the covers of our new winter books: Winter Wonderland, Don't Tickle the Reindeer, Very hungry Caterpillar's Christmas 123.

Junie B., First Grader: Dumb Bunny cover.

Seedlings' New Titles:

Item 548- Hippos in the Night

Item 763- Magic Tree House # 22 Revolutionary War on Wednesday Time

Item 1658- Warp Trio #4: Mother was a Neanderthal

Item 1659- Junie B., First Grader: Dumb Bunny

Item 1660- Three Keys (2 Vol.) (NEW)

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Seedlings Spotlight

Image description: Seedlings reader, Emma, is pictured with a copy of "Kindness makes us Strong".

Emma (pictured) is one of Seedlings’ readers! Read this quote we received from her mother:

"The Seedlings books are such a blessing for our family! Emma is 4 years old and currently learning pre-braille skills. She gets so excited to pick up a book and find braille on the pages. Her favorites so far are the "That's Not My" series. These books are such a valuable resource for us as she is learning braille, and also for years to come as she learns to read."

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How You Can Help

800-777-8552

P.O. Box 51924

Livonia, MI 48151

Seedlings Braille Books for Children is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Federal ID 38-2565354. All donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.