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The Books for Kids Foundation promotes literacy among all children with special emphasis on disadvantaged children and youth. Books for Kids:
- Donates books
- Creates libraries
-Participates in reading initiatives within community-based organizations, service agencies, schools and under-served institutions. 

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Books For Kids Recipients

Libraries

We Have Given Books To Agencies In:
Manhattan
The Bronx
Brooklyn
Queens
Staten Island & Other Areas


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NEW YORK: Recipients of Children's Libraries,
Family Library and Literacy Project 1996-2003



Annie Newsome Head Start, Manhattan
Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center, Manhattan
Association of Black Social Workers, Brooklyn
Passages Academy at Horizons Juvenile Center, Bronx
Crawford Day Care Center, Bronx
Ravenswood Community Center, Queens
Cypress Hills Child Care Center, Brooklyn
Seventh Avenue Mennonite Head Start, Manhattan
East River Childrens' Center, Manhattan
Sheltering Arms Cooper Park Child Care Center, Brooklyn
Family Support Systems, Bronx
Sheltering Arms Day Care Center, Manhattan
Fulton Day Care Center, Bronx
Sheltering Arms Franklin Avenue Residence For Boys, Bronx
Gottesgarten Community Services, Brooklyn
Sheltering Arms Learning Center, Bronx
Gwendolyn Bland Day Care Center, Bronx
Sheltering Arms Marcy Children's Center, Brooklyn
Hamilton Grange Child Care Center, Manhattan
Sheltering Arms Morningside Day Care Center, Manhattan
Holy Innocents Day Care Center, Buffalo, NY
Sheltering Arms Virginia Day Nursery, Manhattan
Jackson Avenue Family Residence, Bronx
St. Elizabeth's School Child Care Program, Manhattan
John Edward Bruce II Day Care Center, Brooklyn
UFBCO Child development Center, Manhattan
Latimer Gardens Community Center, Queens
University Heights Day Care Center, Bronx
Little Thinkers Nursery, Manhattan
West Harlem Head Start Program, Manhattan
Louise and Arde Bulova Library at Regent Family Residence, Manhattan
Wyandanch Day Care Center, Long Island
Mary McLeod Bethune Day Care Center, Brooklyn
Yonkers Children's Place, Yonkers

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Book Recipients, NEW YORK REGION 1996-2003


Manhattan
AA Harlem Interagency for the Aging
Harlem Interagency Council
Ailey/Latinarte
The Legal Aid Society
Alianza Dominicana Mosaic CES 11
Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center
Annie G. Newsome Head Start Center
Lower East Side Girls Club of New York
Barrier Free Living
Mary McLeoud Bethune
Bellevue Hospital Reach Out and Read
Mid-Manhattan Learning Center
Cabrini Family Medical Center
Morningside Day Care Center
Catholic Big Brothers
Mount Sinai Hospital
The Children's Center Bedford Hills Correctional
The Nativity Mission Center
The Children's Health Fund
New York Housing Authority
Children's Learning Center
P.S. 48/Crossroads
Citizens Advice Bureau
Peter De Sibio Child Day Care Center (Inwood)
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital-Pediatric AIDS Clinic
Phipps Community Development Corporation
Department of Homeless Services
Play School/Sheltering Arms
Department of Homeless Services
Safe Space
East Harlem International Fencing Club
Seventh Avenue Mennonite Head Start
East River Children’s House
Sheltering Arms Therapeutic Nursery
Episcopal Social Services
Talbot Perkins Children’s Services
Friends of The Children
Trailblazers
Fund for the City of New York
Volunteers of American Regent Family Residence
Grand Street Settlement
YWCA Day Care Center
Harlem Children's Zone
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The Bronx
Archdiocese of New York
La Peninsula Community Organization
Bronx Charter School
Marble Hill Nursery
Bronx River Neighborhood Centers
Mid-Bronx Senior Citizens
Castle Hill/Pathways (Actual Library)
MOSAIC - The Beacon Center in Highbridge
Citizens Advice Bureau
Mott Haven Agenda For Children Tomorrow
CJHS 145 Public School
NYC Department of Education
Community School District 7
Passages (actual library)
East Side Settlement House
Pathways for Youth
East Tremont Day Care Center
Pius IX North Bronx Family Service Center
Episcopal Social Services
Richard Green Learning Center
Family Consultation Center of Eastchester
Sharon Baptist Church
Food for Survival
Shield Institute
Highbridge Advisory Child Care & Senior Citizen Center
South Bronx Head Start
Hunts Point Multi Service Center
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Longwood
Jackson Avenue Family Residence
Trabajamos Community Union Day Care
Kingsbridge Heights Community Center
University Family Residence- Volunteers of America
Knox-Gates Neighborhood/ The Cove

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Brooklyn
ABSW Child Development Center
Friends of the Children Gottesgarten Community Services
Agency for Child Development
Haitian American Alliance
Alianza Dominicana Mosaic CES 11
High Bridge Recreation
Alpha School for Progressive Living
Institute for Community Living
Amboy Neighborhood Center
John Edward Bruce Day Care Center
Beacon Center for Family Life
The Legal Aid Society
Beacon Cypress Hills Local Development
Marcy Child Care Center
Beacon Project Reach Youth
McDonough Street Community Center
Bedford Avenue Day Care Center
Medgar Evers College Child Development Center
Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center
National Association of Family Development Center
Bed-Stuy Early Childhood Development Center
New Alternatives for Children
Beth Rivkah Associated Schools
New Hope Guild
Breukelen Recreation Rooms and Settlement
New Life Child Development Center
Bridgestreet Child Devel. Corp.
NYC Agency for Child Development
Brooklyn Kindergarten Society
Police Athletic League
Brookwood Child Care
School Settlement Association
Bushwick United Housing Corp.
St. Mark’s Family Services Council
Center for Elimination of Violence in the Family
Stockholm Family Shelter
The Children’s Reading Center
United Methodist Society
Clearpool IS 35
United Talmudical Academy
Community Parents
Urban Strategies
Concerned Citizens of Sunset Park
Williamsburg YM-YWHA
Cooper Park Child Care Center
Yeled v’ Yalda Early Childhood Center
Council of Jewish Organizations
Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov
Cypress Hills Childcare Corporation
YWCA
Early Learning Center

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Queens
Beacon JHS 168 Queens Child Guidance
Committee for Early Childhood Development
Community Resources and Services for Children
Concerned Parents of Jamaica Day Care
Forest Hillls Community JHS 190
Kiwanis of Southeast Queens
NYC Housing Authority- Borough of Queens
Our World Neighborhood Charter School
Queens Child Guidance Count Basie JHS 72
Quick Start Day Care Center (St. Albans)
Rego Park Kiwanis Club
Rockaway Community Corporation
South Jamaica Center for Children and Parents
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Staten Island & Other Areas
American Literacy Corporation, Harrisburg, PA
Kiwanis Club, Upstate New York,The
Amityville Head Start, Amityville
Kiwanis Suffolk Eastern Division, Long Island
Association for Children with Downs Syndrome, Bellmore
Libraries of Love, Woodbury
Astor Home for Children, Poughkeepsie,The
Literacy Program
Bay Area Head Start I, Mastic Beach
Long Beach Head Start, Long Beach
Bay Area Head Start II, Shirley
Martin Luther King Center, Long Beach
Bay Shore Head Start, Bay Shore
Miss Shelley's Upward Prep School, Roosevelt
Beacon United Activities Unlimited, Staten Island
New Brunswick Public School, New Brunswick
Bellport Head Start, East Patchogue
New Square Head Start, New Square
The Belmont , Upstate
Newburgh Community Action Council, Newburgh
Big Brothers & Big Sisters, Long Island
Niagara Day Care Center, Buffalo
Books For Kids, Erie Chapter
North Fork Head Start, Greenport
Books For Kids, Flagstaff Chapter
Nyack Community Child Development Center, Nyack
Books For Kids, Huson Valley Chapter
Nyack Public Schools, Valley Cottage
Books For Kids, Southbend Chapter
Open Book, Westchester The
Brentwood Head Start, Brentwood
Patchogue Head Start, Patchogue
Catholic Big Brothers Group Match Program at Wagner College
Rainbow Chimes Child Care Inc. , Huntington
Center The, Bridgehampton
Regional Economic Opportunity Program, Middletown
Central Brookhaven Head Start, Coram
Riverside Head Start, Riverhead
Central Islip Head Start, Central Islip
Rockland Community Development Council, Haverstraw
Child Health Clinics of NYC- Health & Hospitals Corp.
Rockville Center Head Start, Rockville Center
Church of our Savior Head Start, Yonkers,The
Roosevelt Head Start, Hempstead
Columbia Opportunities, Hudson
Rosalee Childhood Center, Freeport
Consolidated School District of New Britian, CT
Southampton Head Start, Riverhead
De La Salle School The, Freeport
St Peter’s Child Care Center, Yonkers
ETS Youth, Freeport
Sullivan County Action Commission, Woodbourne
Five Towns Child Care Center, Inwood
Town of Brookhaven Long Island, Long Island
Freeport Head Start, Freeport
Ulster County Community Action Committee, Kingston
Friends of Gerguson Library, Stamford CT
Valley Child Care Association, Buffalo
Greenburgh Central School District, Hartsdale
Valley Community Association
Greene County Community Action Agency, Catskill
Washington County Head Start, Hudson Falls
Holy Innocents Day Care, Buffalo
Westchester Community Opportunity Program, Elmsford
Human Resources Center of St. Albans, St Albans
White Plains Child Day Care Association
Huntington Head Start, Huntington Station
Wyandanch Head Start, Wyandanch
Inter-Community Relations Council, Spring Valley
Yonkers Children's Place, Yonkers

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