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Newsroom
The New Jersey Chapter of the Bridge of Books Foundation (BoB-NJ), based in Rumson, New Jersey, was awarded a Worldwide grant for $2,500 USD to use book to fulfill its mission of bringing the world and all its possibilities to at-risk children. This grant was sponsored by William Van Winkle, CFP, MSFS, a 24-year MDRT member and Silver Knight from Tinton Falls, New Jersey. These grant funds will purchase approximately 1,250 books for its specialized book inventory, primarily Spanish and bilingual books, made available to pre-school aged children. Many low-income families have to make difficult choices between health care, food and rent. Children's books are unaffordable luxuries for families such as these. BoB-NJ provides new and used books directly to children and children's organizations, and since its creation in January 2003 has donated more than 14,500 books to more than 40 agencies serving at-risk children throughout New Jersey. BoB-NJ provides a wide range of books that meet the needs of children from pre-school through high school, including culturally and ethnically diverse books. There is no cost to the benefiting organization or the children and the books are theirs to keep. "What this group does is extremely critical because since reading at an early age really determines how successful a child can be later in life," said Van Winkle.
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