{"id":1940,"date":"2022-12-01T17:35:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T17:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projecttransformation.org\/central-texas\/?page_id=1940"},"modified":"2022-12-01T18:04:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T18:04:48","slug":"babylon-coffee-roasters-christmas-book-drive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projecttransformation.org\/greater-tarrant\/babylon-coffee-roasters-christmas-book-drive","title":{"rendered":"Babylon Coffee Roasters&#8217; Christmas Book Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Babylon Coffee Roasters&#8217; Book Drive &amp; Fundraiser<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Thank you for supporting our work with elementary school children and college-age young adults!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>About Us<\/h4>\n<p>Project Transformation Central Texas operates summer day camps for elementary school children at three sites in Tarrant County (southeast Fort Worth, northeast Fort Worth and Bedford).\u00a0 We hire college-aged young adults for paid summer internships to implement and lead our camp curriculum.\u00a0 Our program is centered around four pillars: Develop Literacy, Celebrate Diversity, Cultivate Leadership and Serve Community.<\/p>\n<p>This Book Drive and Fundraiser will support the literacy component of our summer camps by providing books for children to take home, by increasing the number of books in our camp site reading libraries (each day campers spend 40 minutes reading out loud with an adult volunteer), and funding other direct camp costs.<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to explore our website to learn more about PT Central Texas and our work in the community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Give the Gift of Reading<\/h3>\n<p>If you would like to make a <strong>financial contribution<\/strong>, please click on the &#8220;Donate&#8221; button.<\/p>\n<br><a  href='http:\/\/projecttransformation.org\/central-texas\/get-involved\/donate\/donate-now\/'><div   class='button white_TEXT green_BG'>donate now<\/div><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to\u00a0<strong>donate books<\/strong>, below is a list of curriculum books which we would like to add to our reading libraries, plus links to several Amazon Wishlists.\u00a0 Donated books can be dropped off at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BABYLONCOFFEEROASTERS\/\">Babylon Coffee<\/a> during normal business hours, and our Amazon Wishlists have an option for donations to be delivered directly to us.<\/p>\n<h4>Curriculum Books<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Rosie Revere, Engineer <\/em>by Andrea Beaty, David Roberts<\/li>\n<li><em>The Gardener <\/em>by Sarah Stewart, David Small<\/li>\n<li><em>Hidden Figures <\/em>by Margot Lee Shetterly, Laura Freeman<\/li>\n<li><em>Thank You, Omu!<\/em> by Oge Mora<\/li>\n<li><em>The Boy on Fairfield Street <\/em>by Kathleen Krull, Steve Johnson<\/li>\n<li><em>Miss Nelson Has a Field Day <\/em>by Harry G. Allard Jr., James Marshall<\/li>\n<li><em>The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The story of Dr. Temple <\/em>by Julia Finley Mosca, Daniel Rieley<\/li>\n<li><em>The Day You Begin <\/em>by Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael L\u00f3pez<\/li>\n<li><em>Ira Crumb Feels the Feelings <\/em>by Naseem Hrab, Josh Holinaty<\/li>\n<li><em>Apples To Oregon <\/em>by Deborah Hopkinson, Nancy Carpenter<\/li>\n<li><em>The Proudest Blue <\/em>by Ibtihaj Muhammad, S. K. Ali<\/li>\n<li><em>Stick and Stone<\/em> by Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld<\/li>\n<li><em>Ada Twist Scientist <\/em>by Andrea Beaty, David Roberts<\/li>\n<li><em>She Persisted <\/em>by Chelsea Clinton and Listening Library<\/li>\n<li><em>Ani&#8217;s Light <\/em>by Tanu Shree Singh, Sandhya Prabhat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Amazon Wish Lists<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/hz\/wishlist\/ls\/3CHSP157RTVW1?ref_=wl_fv_le\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/hz\/wishlist\/ls\/3CHSP157RTVW1?ref_=wl_fv_le<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/hz\/wishlist\/ls\/1V1DBXXQNOBM4?ref_=wl_fv_le\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/hz\/wishlist\/ls\/1V1DBXXQNOBM4?ref_=wl_fv_le<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/hz\/wishlist\/ls\/24MROMXFV89RY?ref_=wl_fv_le\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/hz\/wishlist\/ls\/24MROMXFV89RY?ref_=wl_fv_le<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/hz\/wishlist\/ls\/3OH2480GQ1TCV?ref_=wl_fv_le\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/hz\/wishlist\/ls\/3OH2480GQ1TCV?ref_=wl_fv_le<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Babylon Coffee Roasters&#8217; Book Drive &amp; Fundraiser Thank you for supporting our work with elementary school children and college-age young adults! 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