We could not hold such an amazing event without the help and support of a myriad of individual and corporate volunteers. It all starts with book collection, which takes place year-round. Our gratitude begins with the kind individuals that donated books from their personal libraries and extends to the corporations and organizations that held book drives at their workplaces. These include United Way, The Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Alterra Coffee Roasters, Johnson Controls, M&I BMO Harris, Chase, ManpowerGroup, Schlitz Park, The Milwaukee Center, Northwestern Mutual, RW Baird, ASQ, The Business Journal, Bon-Ton and US Bank. We also send a huge thanks to Half-Price Books for donating over 4,000 quality children's and young adult books.
In order to execute this immense project in a short period of time, we needed the help of dedicated volunteers to move boxes, sort books and staff the event. Between our fantastic tutors that offer up even more of their time, the friends and families of our staff, and the exceptional volunteers recruited through United Way's Days of Caring we amassed an army of motivated supporters. Special thanks is due to Rockwell Automation, Bon-Ton, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, RW Baird, BMO Harris, Klement's Sausage and Northwestern Mutual who committed to volunteer through United Way. We also must express our thanks to our neighbors, The Grand Avenue Mall, who not only allowed us to showcase our event in their space, but went above and beyond to promote the event.
The Board of Directors, staff, tutors, and students of Literacy Services thank all of you for helping support our goal of educating and motivating the adults in Milwaukee who need our programs to help them learn to read, get better jobs and become assets to our community.
Images courtesy of Sara Risley
