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Thank You for Supporting First Book Portland in 2023!

January 2023

Thanks to all who contributed to our year-end fundraising drive. We raised $2,110 during the campaign, for a total of nearly $31,000 in 2022, our second-highest total ever! That’s enough to provide 10,290 books to children served by local organizations such as Healthy Families Washington County, HOLLA Mentors, and Mount Hood Community College (MHCC) Early Head Start.

Thank you to our partners at Migration Brewing Co., ¿Por Qué No? Taqueria, Dove Vivi Pizza, The Factor Building, and Rational Unicorn Legal Services for being great fundraising partners in 2022!

Because of your generosity, we are well-positioned to fulfill more of our current requests from recipient groups as well as start from a strong financial foundation for our 2023 books grants. We look forward to supporting literacy together in 2023!

Thank You for Supporting First Book Portland in 2021!

Thanks to all who contributed to our year-end fundraising drive! We raised $1,095 during the campaign, for a total of over $26,000 in 2021. That’s enough to provide 8,800 books to children served by local organizations such as Latino Network, LifeWorks Healthy Families Hillsboro, and Mount Hood Community College (MHCC) Early Head Start.

Because of your generosity, we are well-positioned to fulfill more of our current requests from recipient groups as well as start from a strong financial foundation for our 2022 books grants!

As the pandemic continues, your support is vitally important to help children across our community build home libraries. Please stay tuned for upcoming events and news as we look forward to a new year, together supporting our community’s children by helping them have access to books and to grow as lifelong readers.