Spring Joint Service Projects Around the Bay
This spring, BwB members on both sides of the bay participated in Joint Service Projects to assist their communities. In San Francisco, students
helped clean up Stow Lake. In Oakland, they built a patio at a women's shelter. So far during the school year, from September to April, Bay Area BwB
students have completed 12,500 community service hours, including the fall
and spring Joint Service Projects. Click here to read
more.
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Trek To Mali: "The Best Experience of My Life"
Sixteen students and one teacher from high schools in the Bay Area traveled to Mali in Africa for the experience of lifetime. They helped build a
school by hand, lived with host families, and participated in cultural workshops. Most importantly, they learned new things about other cultures and
about themselves. Click here for more.
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CA Lead Team Dreams Big for New Year
Lead, BwB's yearlong leadership program, started off a new
program year with more
than 40 members on this year's team. In the past few weeks,
students have participated in the official kickoff party, the first workshop
where they got to know each other, and the first community service project. Read more about their
dreams and plans for the Lead year.
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Partners for a Dream Gala set for June 18
On June 18, Building with Books will honor and thank those who have helped change lives for good in the
San Francisco Bay Area and around the world. The San Francisco Partners for a Dream Gala, to be held at the Westin St. Francis, will include
an international silent auction,
dinner
and an inspiring program. Last year's event raised $170,000 for BwB programs in California and around the world. We hope you will join us to make
this year's event just as successful. Click
here for event details and
ticket information.
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May 17
BwB Walk-a-Thon at Lake Merced in San Francisco.
Contact Ashley Shult, (415)
296-5014.
May 25
Prison Literature Project in Berkeley.
Contact Angel Riepe, (415) 296-5012.
May 31
Service project at Alameda County Food Bank in Oakland. Contact Angel Riepe, (415) 296-5012. |
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June 7
Year End Celebration at Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. Contact Ashley Shult, (415) 296-5014.
June 20
CA's Trek for Knowledge Team
departs for Mali in West
Africa.
For event details, click here
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BwB's Mission
Enhancing education and
empowering youth in the U.S. to make a
positive difference in their communities while helping people of
developing countries increase their self-reliance through education.
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