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Summer 2023 Mid-Year Snapshot
- Global Give-A-Book
- Aug 15, 2023
- 2 min read
Global Give-A-Book In Action
Summer 2023
Ongoing Community Projects
Community Project Highlights
Enhancing Food-for-Kids Northern New Mexico Projects
GGAB Partner Highlight
Thank you to our generous partners and online personal contributors for their donations to GGAB. Because of YOUR continued support, new books are gifted to the children in our community!
GGAB Advisor Spotlight
Sabrina Sandoval,
Affordable Solar Clean Energy Consultant, leading the community solar project in New Mexico.
Welcome aboard!
GGAB Team Member Spotlight
The Albuquerque Hispano Chamber Scholarship Award
Presented to Lauren Martinez
Ernie C’de Baca | ABQ Hispano Chamber, President & CEO
Lauren Martinez | Global Give-A-Book Director of Production
Paul Mondragon | Bank of America Senior Vice President, ABQ Hispano Chair
Summer Outreach Events
Lavender In The Village Festival
Books Distributed at Event:
7 different titles totaling 625 Books
GGAB was able to increase individual book distribution by
40% compared to last year's festival
Newsletter Subscriptions:
Totaling 1,150 Members
An increase of 32% year to date
Volunteers:
GGAB was able to utilize 44 volunteers totaling 161 man hours
Youth Literacy Awareness:
KRQE 13 - Sunday. 10 o’clock News
Syndicate Media Management
Jump in2 School Bash
What an incredible event held by Cilena Trujillo with the Jump In2 School Bash.
It was amazing to see all the people who came together to make this happen for the children!
GGAB donated over 250 new books and over 600 children received backpacks and school supplies for the upcoming
2023-2024 school year!
The GGAB Podcast
This episode of the GGAB podcast features GGAB Advisory Board Member, Fiona Ratzlaff.
This podcast is available on Spotify and other podcast streaming sites.
Featured Titles of GGAB
GGAB prides itself on giving high-quality, award-winning books including Caldecott awarded titles.
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
See the impact, BE the impact! Your story matters!
How has Global Give-A-Book impacted a child?
We would love to know! Experiences are how we learn and grow into a better organization. Thank you for taking the time to share!
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In these challenging times, children need our support more than ever.
Our vision is to put books in the hands of more children to inspire a lifelong love of reading and educational success.
It would be amazing if we can count on your help and support.
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