Did you know? We promote literacy and ship books EVERYWHERE! This means both internationally and domestically. Recently, we learned that we were able to help students in both Cameroon & Utah through one woman’s effort to change lives through literacy. In 2013, Shoanna was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cameroon....
Don’t forget to stop in this weekend for the International Book Project’s Half-Price Book Sale! All books in the bookstore will be half price and there will also be a $5 Brown Bag Sale. See the flyer below for more details...
Come out to Whitaker Ball Park and “give into the groove” Saturday, June 21! The International Book Project will be represented along with 10 other charities. We invite you to come out for fun, fashion and entertainment all while giving to great causes! See more info below – What is...
Wednesday, April 9th marks the date for KY Gives Day. On this day KY Nonprofits Network Inc. partners with nonprofits across Kentucky to raise money. The unique aspect of this fundraising event is that is done completely online. KY Gives Day is a 24 hour online giving event that offers...
Someone asked me the other day “how important is your education to you?” and I obviously answered by saying my education is one of the most important parts of my life. However, education has always been very accessible to me. Since the age of five I would wake up and...
In the fall of 2009, after a fifteen-year career in sales and marketing management, I began a new position with an international non-profit working to eradicate child slavery headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Over the next two years, I traveled to Ghana, West Africa, on three separate occasions for up to two weeks at...
I am a lover of books. I enjoy times when I can go into a bookstore and carefully read and select a new book or two. Like a child, I quickly walk, with a little bounce in my step, to the sections I enjoy and begin to investigate the books...
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'” – Martin Luther King Jr. On Monday January 20, 2014, 20 students from the Lexington area decided to answer that question by turning a day off into a day of action. This past Monday marked both Martin...
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?'” – Rev. Dr. Martin LutherKing Jr. January 20, 2014 is the date of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday. In 1994 Congress passed legislation to make MLK day a National Day of Service, thus giving everyone...
Crawford Middle School has not been able to meet its yearly progress goals. Many of the students enter school three or more years below grade level in their reading skills. It has ranked last in district test scores. Crawford Middle School is right here in Lexington. A teacher took the initiative to contact...
