The donation numbers are still coming in, but our first annual national Ride for Reading Week was truly a success! We received over $1000 in donations and donated almost 10,000 books! Below are some of the comments and write ups from our participating cities!
Nashville: We were excited to donate almost 1,000 books to the children of Dan Mills Elementary School for Ride for Reading week! Almost 30 cyclists joined together at the East Nashville branch of Regions Bank and set out on a 4 mile ride to the school accompanied …
We are proud to announce our 3rd Annual Ride for Reading Benefit Concert brought to you by New Belgium Brewing featuring singer song writers Adam Hood and Sean McConnell on February 25, 2012 at 3rd and Lindsley at 6:00pm. Last years show was a sell out and we anticipate …this year will be the same! You can get your tickets at www.3rdandlindsley.com!
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All early ticket purchases will receive 1 free ticket to win this 2011 New Belgium Cruiser. Additional tickets will be sold …
Bring our mission to your city!
We are looking for people who are willing to coordinate a Ride for Reading delivery in their city during RfR week of May 7th-11th, 2012! We will assist in the planning of the delivery and have even produced a “how to” handbook on hosting an RfR delivery. However, the process is as easy as…
1. Choose and coordinate with a low-income area school
2. Collect books
3. Sort the books
4. Organize volunteer cyclists.
5. Deliver the books to children via bicycle.
If you are interested in hosting a book delivery …
We are excited to be the recipients of an enormous First Book grant. We are scheduled to pick up all 15,820 books on Thursday, December 1st. After this donation, we will have received over 30,000 books from First Book! These books will be used as Christmas book donations to local children.
Ride for Reading is supporting a long held tradition at Cole Elementary School, a Title I school (low-income area school where 86% of the students receive free or reduced lunch) in Antioch, Tennessee! Every year the 2nd grade teachers accompanied by several volunteers take the 2nd grade class on a unforgettable trip to Land Between the Lakes! This trip is so important to these children because the majority of them have been raised in a urban setting and have never experienced life in the woods. 80 % of these students have never been camping, …
We are excited to team up with our amazing Dirt, Guts, and Doughnuts sponsor Krispy Kreme Doughnuts on our first ever Krispy Kreme Book Drive! The book drive will run from March 14th-April 2nd! Take 3 new or gently used books to any local Krispy Kreme Doughnut and you will receive a free doughnut of your choice!
