Author: pelzie

The Story

How 25Books Came to Be 25Books is the evolution of another book giveaway program called Launch Pad.  Launch Pad Educational Programs began in 2011 as a small group of volunteers hoping to improve educational outcomes for foster, homeless, and low-income children who also had learning difficulties. From 2012 to 2015 Launch Pad, an all-volunteer, part-time, non-profit program, offered specialized one-to-one …

Support the Program

Here’s how to support 25Books. Currently the best way to donate is via check. Checks should be made out to our fiscal sponsor The Social Good Fund with our program 25Books on the memo line.   Financial Donations can be mailed to: 25Books PO Box 5360 Santa Cruz, CA 95062 Thank you for your support!

25 Reasons For 25 Books

25 Reasons for 25 Books The Need: 1. 61% of America’s low-income children are growing up in homes without books. (Reading Literacy in the United States: Findings from the IEA Reading Literacy Study, 1996.). 2. In middle-income neighborhoods the ratio of books per child is 13 to 1, in low-income neighborhoods, the ratio is 1 age-appropriate book for every 300 …