Day of Action is a
United Way Worldwide event every June focused on Children’s Literacy. Our Days
of Action Childrens Literacy Event helps to prevent summer learning loss by
providing children with reading materials to keep them reading throughout the
summer months. Through community support, United Way of Northwest Michigan was
able collect more than 3000 new and used books through book drives and
distributed them to 450+ youth in Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, and
Leelanau Counties. If you’d like to be a part of Days of Action summer
2015, contact Michelle Gallagher
This event would not have been possible without the sponsorship of UPS. They gave us the money we needed to be able to have the impact that we did. They also delivered the books to each event in their really cool UPS truck with the flames on it, the kids LOVED the truck!
We also have to thank Chase Bank and Traverse City Area Public Schools for helping with the book drive. With their support we were able to collect over 3000 books that we distributed to children in the five counties that we serve; Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, and Leelanau.
Last but certainly not least are the local libraries and parks that let us come in with all of our books, backpacks and activities. Kingsley Public Library, Benzie Shores District Library, Suttons Bay Bingham Library, and two community parks; Kalkaska Children's Garden and the Elk Rapids Rotary Park.
To see pictures of this event visit our Facebook page or you can view them on our Flickr page.
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