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May 15, 2016

Durham Herald-Sun: “Standing taller because of books”

“They stand taller and hold their head higher,” shares ESL teacher Catriona Moore as she reflects on how owning books affects her...

May 12, 2016

UPDATE: Rams Rock!

What’s that sound, you ask? Why, that’s the sound of records being shattered. Rams dabbin’! You may remember reading about the book drive...

May 5, 2016

Welcome, Chandler!

By Daniele Berman, Operations Manager On May 31, Chandler Rock will be joining the Book Harvest team as our summer intern, and we can’t...

Apr 28, 2016

Closing the Summer Learning Gap for 10,000 Kids

By Ginger Young, founder and executive director, Book Harvest (This article originally ran in the Durham Herald-Sun on April 24.) Closing...

Apr 24, 2016

Durham Herald-Sun: “Closing the summer learning gap for 10,000 kids”

Closing gaps is a team effort in the Triangle. A year ago, the United Way of the Greater Triangle (UWGT) worked with partner...

Apr 21, 2016

Girls on the Run Give Back

By Gabby Hart, fifth grade member of Girls on the Run at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Raleigh, NC

Apr 14, 2016

Strong Fathers Sharing Stories

By Katie Bauman, Director, Strong Fathers – Durham Editor’s note: Strong Fathers is one of our newest Community Book Bank partners, and...

Apr 7, 2016

Rams Rock!

By Daniele Berman, Operations Manager The Rogers-Herr Rams, Durham middle schoolers, are planning a book drive. But if their Advanced and...

Mar 31, 2016

The Bottom Line

By Sara Morris, Book Harvest intern I used to work at a daycare where I was often placed in the room with what they called “the...