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One of the projects we're currently working on is the "My First Books" Book Drive for the Early Learning Coalition of the Big Bend. Through the "My First Books" program, a new children's book will be given to each family who visits one of the seven ELC Family Service Centers. During the visit, ELC staff members will help parents to identify various ways they can support their children's literacy development.

What You Can Do To Help

"My First Books" depends on community supports in order to ensure that the ELC has the resources needed to provide books to families with young children. Through community donations and book drives, we will be able to continue to provide quality children's books to families with young children.

Ways to Give the Gift of Reading:

1. Donate funds to purchase new quality children's book (the average cost is $5/book); the ELC works with national and local book distributors in order to obtain the best price possible. The Coalition is also looking for civic groups and businesses as partners in supporting the "My First Books" project and will provide recognition...