As you read in the April newsletter, The Charles Bruce Foundation accepted our second check from the Match Madness campaign conducted annually by Partnership for Better Health. While we are new to that program, they have long supported our initiatives to get books into the hands of thousands of children!
Science shows that kids who own their own books do better in school and lead healthier more fulfilling lives. In addition to working with The Salvation Army, the SPY program, local non-profit daycare providers, and other agencies, we have worked with Sonia Pitzi of SchoolHouse Connections to do our "Books for Kids Without Them" program. Partnership for Better Health has provided grant money for these books for three years running. Because of this generosity, we've gotten other private donors who wanted to help outside Partnership's region of support. Leadership like this is obviously contagious. Now, children in need from New Mexico and Arizona to Maine and New Hampshire have books of their own.
What better way to acknowledge this important support than the upcoming Priscilla picture book, Priscilla and Her Pals in the Park (launch date Sept. 1, 2022). Bonnie Tweedy Shaw made a remarkable painting of the Partnership's front yard which is featured on the book's back cover! Partnership makes kids' lives better and we love them for it! For more information about Partnership for Better Health and SchoolHouse Connection, click the icons below.