The Bookshelf of Madeira celebrates thirty-two  years of being a Book Angel!

Could you be a Book Angel this holiday season?

Chris Weber, Indian Hill Living Feature Writer and partner at The Bookshelf, shared last year, that one of the most important things they do as partners is “to provide local children with books. For some of these children, this is the first time they have ever owned a book.”

This year, they are celebrating thirty-two years of being Book Angels!

The store, along with Book Angel donations from customers, wrap and deliver books to children in several local schools. The Bookshelf partners identify five or six classrooms in different schools, from preschool through grade six. This year, the Bookshelf will be donating books to the Head Start program at John P. Parker Elementary School, the kindergarten class at Evendale Elementary, and first and fifth-grade students at Amity Elementary School in Deer Park. Participating teachers provide the staff with a list of students, including their interests and reading levels. This helps the staff match a book with each student.

Bookshelf customers help support the program with their monetary donations, and the store also contributes to the cost of each book. Volunteers wrap the books, adding a candy cane to each package.

Weber shared, “the best part of the program is the thank-you notes that the students mail to the store. One teacher takes a picture of each child holding their new book and sends them to the store where they are proudly displayed.”   

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