Join My Own Two Hands & Citizen Hope to KICK-OFF our Holiday Book Drive and Read Alouds:

“GET OUT THE BOOKS”

Please bring a book or two that is appropriate for grades K-5, or bring a donation of $5-$10 to support the “Get out the Books” effort! Consider picking up the book(s) at City Lights Bookstore right down the street at 261 Columbus Ave!

“Get Out the Books” Launch
Dell’uva
565 Green St., SF, CA
6:30p-10p

From now through January, My Own Two Hands & Citizen Hope will be working together to collect books for local elementary schools and organizations in San Francisco and the East Bay.

We have created partnerships with with five elementary schools and two nonprofit organizations in SF and Oakland–George Carver Elem, Junipero Serra Elem, El Dorado Elem, Rosa Parks Elem, Opportunity Impact and What Now America. We will be holding a number of events in the coming months to support this book drive. With your help, we hope to collect over 1000 books! Our school budgets have faced devastating cuts, and they have identified books as a critical need!

Our events will be a great opportunity to have fun and meet cool new people, learn about Citizen Hope and My Own Two Hands, and support our community. All are welcome!

If you want to buy a book that one of the schools needs, or can’t make the event and still want to donate, you can find those books here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/FUJQZIBGWCLO/ref=cm_sw_em_r_ws_on0Qob0C3S3NE_wb

Upcoming Read Aloud Events:

Read Alouds are an easy and fun way to support our schools and our students. You just come in for an hour or so, read in a classroom and interact with the kids, and that’s it!

If you’re interested in the Read Alouds, sign up here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zuXICKLHkvHOgb78fyVZ5XhEqFIMeTL7zn5VPtaTFJw/edit

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Giving is easy. Share some things you have at home or work!
Our kids and schools need:
1. Paper (white copy paper, colored paper, binder paper, notebooks)
2. Pencils (#2, colored pencils)
3. Crayons and Markers
4. First Aid Kits (hand sanitizer, band-aids, ice packs)
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• Toy Drive and Gift Wrapping Party at the African American Art and Culture Complex
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• MLK Jr. Day of Service with Chinatown Community Development Center, Gilman Playground, Alamo Square Park, and the SF [...]

 
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