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Hello, friends of Barkley’s Bookshelf! We are happy to report that 2025 was a resounding success in championing children’s literacy in our community. Our successes are because of the wonderful support we receive from all of our stakeholders: volunteers, community partners, and donors.
Let me share some of the amazing accomplishments:
· 6,613 students were impacted by participating in our book distributions, which is double the number from the previous year.
· Four additional Title 1 schools were added to our list of partners, enabling us to serve five Title 1 schools in total by donating over 4,600 new books.
· Our first Barkley's Bookshelf reading nook was installed at the PTSD Foundation of America – Camp Hope, providing veterans with sweet moments of reading and connecting with their visiting children.
These are a few examples of the work that was completed, and more illustrations of our impact can be found in this issue of the newsletter.
Our team is excited for the new year and is working hard to prepare for the upcoming activities that will spread book joy! Please take a minute to read our stories of hope and wonder, and learn how you too can help build reading communities in NW Houston, bringing us closer to our Vision: Every child is a reader, and every child is a book owner.
Yours in reading,
Brenda Polivka
Founder
Barkley's Bookshelf
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