Kristi Yamaguchi's Always Dream Foundation Partners with Bring Me A Book to Fund School Libraries

May 31, 2011 - PRLog -- SAN Jose, Calif., June 2, 2011 – Bring Me A Book (BMAB) will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Franklin McKinley School District’s Daniel Lairon Elementary School to celebrate the generous donation of $10,000 by ice skating champion and Bay Area resident Kristi Yamaguchi and her Always Dream Foundation to Bring Me A Book.

The ceremony will commemorate the donation of ten Bookcase Libraries to be installed in preschools and kindergartens throughout the Bay area, as well as highlight the new partnership developed between the two organizations to help build awareness  of the importance of reading to kids by holding read aloud events  in local underserved schools and communities.

During the ribbon cutting ceremony, two Bookcase Libraries will be presented to the Kindergarten student body of Daniel Lairon Elementary School, followed by a read aloud session with students and Kristi Yamaguchi.  Kristi will also give each of the 60 students in the two classrooms a copy of her recent children’s book, Dream Big, Little Pig!  Members of the media are encouraged to attend for event photographs and interviews.

What:  Franklin McKinley School District/Bring Me A Book Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Where:  Daniel Lairon Elementary School
               3975 Mira Loma Way, San Jose, CA   95111
When:  Thursday, June 2, 2001 at 9:30 AM
Who:  Kristi Yamaguchi, President, Always Dream Foundation; Terri Clark, Executive Director, Bring Me A Book; Tom Webb, Principal, Daniel Lairon Elementary School; Sue Tacke, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services, Franklin McKinley School District  

Each BMAB Bookcase Library features an open display bookcase filled with 30 new hardcover, multicultural and age appropriate children’s books.  The libraries were donated by Kristi Yamaguchi’s Always Dream Foundation, which was founded in 1996 to support organizations that have a positive influence on children and has been an active fundraiser and supporter of children’s charities in the San Francisco Bay Area.  

“My Always Dream Foundation and I are proud to partner with Bring Me A Book,” said Kristi Yamaguchi. “Literacy is the foundation for a child’s success both academically and in life, and we all have a role to play in supporting and promoting early childhood literacy. I am thankful that we can play even a small role in promoting the love of books to our youngest readers.”

“Study after study proves that children who have early exposure to reading and books, and who are read aloud to on a daily basis, do better in school,” said Terri Clark, Executive Director, Bring Me A Book.  “The key is access to books.”  Bring Me A Book now serves over 500,000 children and parents at 1,800 sites throughout California, providing easy access to the best children’s books and inspiring parents, caregivers and teachers to read aloud to children for future success in school and life.

About Bring Me A Book
Bring Me A Book is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides easy access to the best children’s books and inspires reading aloud to children. Bring Me A Book places libraries of books in state funded preschools, elementary schools and community centers and provides a First Teachers literacy training workshop for parents, teachers and caregivers.  For more information, visit www.bringmeabook.org.

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