The Maryland Book Bank hopes to collect 30,000 books for Books for Kids Day amid school funding cuts.When you give a child a book, Mark Feiring knows you’re giving them opportunity.”It provides them with the resources that many children in the inner cities of the United States don’t have,” said Feiring, the founding executive director of the Maryland Book Bank. “One in 300 kids don’t have a book at home in the United States of America, which is hard to believe. So, we are trying to fill that gap.”Feiring and his team at the Maryland Book Bank are working to fill the gap at home and in schools. It’s a bigger gap now that the U.S. Department of Education cut pandemic relief funding available to support schools creating a budget shortfall for schools across the nation.Baltimore City Public Schools said it will not receive about $48 million in reimbursement for funds the district already spent or is contractually committed to programs. The gap means the school system has to make cuts.”There are tutoring programs that are no longer going to be there for kids. There’s also the afterschool programs that aren’t going to be there,” Feiring told 11 News. “So, the least we can do is make sure that they have what they need to read, to continue to grow and learn.”Organizers said the cuts mean this year’s Books for Kids Day is so important. It’s a day when the Maryland Book Bank collects thousands of book donations to give to schools, organizations, and kids to help fill their home libraries.”We need help badly,” Feiring told 11 News. “We are going to be serving well over 80,000 children throughout the state, if not more, and over 800 different schools and organizations. So, we need as many children’s books as possible.”Books for Kids Day takes place May 3 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1400 W. Coldspring Lane. Anyone can drop off new or used books or sign up to volunteer.Feiring hopes people will step up to help.”It’s an easy way to clean your shelves off and have an immense amount of impact for children throughout Maryland,” he said.Tap here for more information about Books for Kids Day and how you can donate and/or volunteer.
The Maryland Book Bank hopes to collect 30,000 books for Books for Kids Day amid school funding cuts.
When you give a child a book, Mark Feiring knows you’re giving them opportunity.
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“It provides them with the resources that many children in the inner cities of the United States don’t have,” said Feiring, the founding executive director of the Maryland Book Bank. “One in 300 kids don’t have a book at home in the United States of America, which is hard to believe. So, we are trying to fill that gap.”
Feiring and his team at the Maryland Book Bank are working to fill the gap at home and in schools. It’s a bigger gap now that the U.S. Department of Education cut pandemic relief funding available to support schools creating a budget shortfall for schools across the nation.
Baltimore City Public Schools said it will not receive about $48 million in reimbursement for funds the district already spent or is contractually committed to programs. The gap means the school system has to make cuts.
“There are tutoring programs that are no longer going to be there for kids. There’s also the afterschool programs that aren’t going to be there,” Feiring told 11 News. “So, the least we can do is make sure that they have what they need to read, to continue to grow and learn.”
Organizers said the cuts mean this year’s Books for Kids Day is so important. It’s a day when the Maryland Book Bank collects thousands of book donations to give to schools, organizations, and kids to help fill their home libraries.
“We need help badly,” Feiring told 11 News. “We are going to be serving well over 80,000 children throughout the state, if not more, and over 800 different schools and organizations. So, we need as many children’s books as possible.”
Books for Kids Day takes place May 3 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1400 W. Coldspring Lane. Anyone can drop off new or used books or sign up to volunteer.
Feiring hopes people will step up to help.
“It’s an easy way to clean your shelves off and have an immense amount of impact for children throughout Maryland,” he said.
Tap here for more information about Books for Kids Day and how you can donate and/or volunteer.
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