KMERG & KAARG
Second Annual Multicultural Book Drive
KMERG & KAARG
Second Annual Multicultural Book Drive
Celebrating Diversity and Supporting Local Schools
Celebrating Diversity and
Supporting Local Schools
KMERG and KAARG are partnering during National Reading Month to launch their second annual Multicultural Book Drive in collaboration with Lee & Low Books, a minority-owned independent book seller and the largest multicultural book publisher in the US. This book drive will raise money to donate a set of diverse books to disadvantaged elementary schools in the communities of six Kellogg Company offices and plants across the country!
We will be donating books to six elementary schools near the:
- Cary Plant (NC)
- Chicagoland Sales Office (IL)
- Huntersville Sales Office (NC)
- Jackson Plant (TN)
- Memphis Plant (TN)
- Lancaster Plant (PA)
Together with Lee & Low Books, KMERG and KAARG have curated a special list of diverse books for students in grades K-5, focusing on race, religion, culture, gender, and additional areas that make the United States and Kellogg Company so beautifully diverse.
Last year, we far exceeded our goal of $1,000 and raised a total of $2,600, which we were able to use to donate a set of books to two schools. Thank you to those who supported!
This year, our goal is to raise $6,000, which would allow one complete set of the Diversity Book Collection to six schools near Kellogg locations. The total cost of each curated set is $1,000, so our goal is to:
RAISE $6,000 between March 1st & March 31st
If you wish to donate to this book drive, please follow the payment links below to contribute. You can also make a note if any books you wish to have earmarked as part of your contribution.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!
NOTE:
- You do not need a PayPal account to contribute; you can simply enter your credit card information into the secured portal.
- Contributions are not tax-deductible.
- If you have any questions or special requests, please contact Anne Dickinson, Jade Bosier, Elena Van Drie, or Rebecca Galvin.
She Was the First!
The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm
By Katheryn Russell-Brown
Illustrated by Eric Velasquez
A timely, inspiring picture book biography of the dynamic twentieth-century educator, activist, and
politician Shirley Chisholm.
John Lewis in the Lead:
A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
By Jim Haskins, Kathleen Benson
Illustrated by Benny Andrews
A biography of John Lewis, one of the “Big Six” civil rights leaders of the 1960s, focusing on his
involvement in Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, and the march across the Edmund Pettus
Bridge from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
Under My Hijab
By Hena Khan
Illustrated by Aaliya Jaleel
A young girl celebrates the many women in her life who choose to wear the hijab in this lovely book
from the author of Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns.
When Aidan Became a Brother
By Kyle Lukoff
Illustrated by Kaylani Juanita
This sweet #ownvoices picture book celebrates the changes in a transgender boy's life, from his initial
coming-out to becoming a big brother.
When the Shadbush Blooms
By Carla J. S. Messinger, Susan Katz
Illustrated by David Kanietakeron Fadden
Today when a Lenape Indian girl ventures to the stream to fish for shad, she knows that another girl did
the same generations before her. Through the cycle of the seasons, what is important has remained:
being with family, knowing when berries are ripe for picking, listening to stories in a warm home.
Told by Traditional Sister and Contemporary Sister, each from her own time, this is a book about
tradition and about change. Then and now are not so very different when the shadbush blooms.
Block Party
By Gwendolyn Hudson Hooks
Illustrated by Shirley Ng-Benitez
The neighborhood is having a block party where everyone is responsible for bringing a food dish. Padma is excited about the party until she learns that her mother is planning to bring lentil soup. Padma thinks soup
is so boring! Everyone else will bring fun things like pizza or hot dogs. Plus Padma worries that her
friends won’t like the soup—but to her delight, she discovers that they not only like the soup, they
want to learn how to make it.
Dream Builder
By Kelly Starling Lyons
Illustrated by Laura Freeman
Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon celebrates a contemporary black STEAM role model,
a man whose quiet work enabled the creation of an iconic building reflecting America's past and future.
Kellogg Book Drive Collection
Hand-selected titles featured for the KMERG & KAARG 2021 Book Drive.
KMERG & KAARG Book Drive
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