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2020 Books Challenge

May 31, 2020

Update

I think this is a great project! I’ve had the opportunity to help support this effort and it is so wonderful to get books into the hands of many children who simply don’t have any or very few books at home. I invite you to participate! If everyone gives a little there will certainly be a lot!
Educate Maine launched the 2,020 Books Challenge on March 27 with the goal of getting 2,020 books into students’ hands while supporting our local bookstores.

As of mid-May, we’ve raised $6,575 for local booksellers statewide. The challenge has also spurred book donations from other nonprofit organizations, individuals, and publishers and at least 8,000 books have been donated directly, and counting!

In addition, we are excited to announce a generous $5,000 MATCHING GRANT from the Law Offices of Joe Bornstein. Every donation of a gift card for the next $5,000 will be DOUBLED thanks to this donation!
Will you help us reach 2,020 books – that’s $20,200 to bookstores – before the end of the school year in just a few weeks? You can contribute by purchasing a gift card to your favorite bookstore and notifying us of it through THIS FORM.

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2,020 Books Challenge

May 2, 2020

Educate Maine and Teacher of the Year program

On March 27, Educate Maine launched the 2,020 Books Challenge to get 2,020 books into the hands of Maine students while supporting our local booksellers. It’s been one month and we’ve been inspired daily by the outpouring of support – big and small – and the words of encouragement offered by generous contributors to the challenge. As of April 27, we’re counting over  567 books from local booksellers toward this goal (every $10 contributed counts as one book) with over 8,000 additional booksbeing donated directly.

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Please help us spread the word about the challenge so we can continue to support students and our local booksellers. As you know, instructions on how to contribute to the challenge are on our website, and you can track progress via Educate Maine’s social media channels.

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