MLK Day is a Day On…and On the Air!
By Daniele Berman, Operations Manager At Book Harvest, we’re getting very excited as we gear up for our biggest event of the year: the...
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Jan 7, 2016
A Lunchtime Surprise
By Luke Jackson, seventh grader at Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill and Book Harvest volunteer Pictured: Luke with his sister...
Dec 30, 2015
One Year. 109,707 Books.
by Ginger Young, Founder and Executive Director Five years ago next week, I sat on the floor of my garage, rummaging through a torn...
Dec 23, 2015
Season’s Readings!
The entire Book Harvest team wishes our community the happiest of holidays! “The whole world opened to me when I learned to read” –Mary...
Dec 17, 2015
It’s Time…Dream Big is almost here!
Our Dream Big Book Drive on MLK Day is just a month away…and that means it’s time to sign up to volunteer! If you’ve been part of the...
Dec 10, 2015
Once Upon a Book
By Olivia Rivera, third grade student at Ravenscroft Once upon a time, there was a lonely page (from a book), in a lonely muted alley...
Dec 3, 2015
Will you DREAM BIG with us?
By Daniele Berman, Operations Manager As a friend of Book Harvest reading this blog, you already know that we work all year long to...
Nov 26, 2015
Giving Thanks – Today and Every Day!
On this Thanksgiving Day and every day, Book Harvest gives thanks to YOU for sharing your bounty with us and our kids. With gratitude to...
Nov 19, 2015
A Red-Letter Day!
By Daniele Berman, Operations Manager Tuesday was a red-letter day in the life of Book Harvest: at 9:15 a.m., a tractor trailer filled...
Nov 12, 2015
School Psychs Unite
By Ashley Ristau, NCSPA board member North Carolina School Psychologists recently joined together for their annual state conference in ...
Nov 5, 2015
“Hawbridge Helpers” Lend a Helping Hand
By Grace Baucom and Sarah Mock, Hawbridge Helpers Co-Chairs The Hawbridge School is a small, unique charter school in Saxapahaw with 312...
Oct 29, 2015
Collaborating to change outcomes for our kids? You bet we are!
Book Harvest is thrilled to be the lead agency in a new United Way funded collaboration to tackle summer learning loss. We join with two...
Oct 22, 2015
Go Local
By Rodrigo Dinsmore, Pastor for Gospel Mission at Chapel Hill Bible Church Go Local. That is our resounding theme for the year as we seek...
Oct 19, 2015
A Double Win at Battle of the Bands
By Daniele Berman, Operations Manager (Originally published in the Durham Herald-Sun on Sunday, October 18, 2015) For most people, a win...
Oct 15, 2015
Retreat Report
By Daniele Berman, Operations Manager If you visited Book Harvest on October 12, 2014, in our cozy office above Guglhupf, you probably...
Oct 8, 2015
Welcome, Meytal!
Meytal and Natasha, surrounded by dozens and dozens of bags of books, ready to be delivered to our Book Babies families this fall! As you...
Oct 1, 2015
Unexpected Bonuses
By Carey Sharpe, Book Harvest volunteer When I first started volunteering at Book Harvest I was delighted to be involved with an...
Sep 24, 2015
Hearts, Imaginations, and Book Sharing
By Ginger Young, Executive Director This piece originally appeared in the Durham Herald-Sun on September 20, 2015. Casey froze in...
Sep 17, 2015
Ready to Rock?
By Daniele Berman, Operations Manager Perhaps we sound like a broken record (ha!), but we promise the rockstars at THIS SATURDAY’s...