Here is just a taste of what your generosity has done. I was lucky enough to read to these amazingly well behaved, (thankfully) interested, cute kids at St. Michael’s in Englewood, CA. 95% of the kids in this school can not afford books and when they found out they were going home with 3 brand new books, they were beyond thrilled.
So first I read them a book- a tad nerve racking at first- I don’t know how teachers do it, but then I got the hang of it. And, again, the kids were so polite. We had a bunch of laughs. I read to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades.
When these kids got there books, it was as if you set them loose in Toys R Us. They loved the books and you could tell they would be cherishing them for a long time to come. And all because you guys to a little time to bring a new book to the summer tour.
Kepp up the book drives and get the books to the places that need them most. They are out there. Big ups to the girls who put on the Rock the Block party with the Fat Boys! And Big ups to The Fat Boys for bringing it to another level!!! Legends of the game helping out the cause.
I have been off the LGT radar for too long but I wanted to thank everyone for keeping it going. Raising awareness an money! for early reading. “Step 1” will never end and will always be remembered by all of us as such a huge success and strong foundation for this foundation - we can still do more. Folks are doing fundraisers and book drives. A new book is the gift that keeps on giving and can change the path of a young child. Step 1 continues on!!! Step 2 is on the horizon for sure but let’s keep thinking books books books! We ate changing the world, step by step :) -jm
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Well, I’ve been a little busy getting settled back home. I got very vaclempt when I heard that Houston collected over 2700 books. That put us way over 25,000 new books. You guys made this happen. You would not be denied. A girl said to me a day or two before Houston not to worry- that we’d make it to 25K. Wow! You guys were schemeing! I love you all. This summer book drive will always be special to me. You should be so proud of us. And this group of volunteers had the biggest job of any group. That was alot of books to be lugging around in the heat! But we did it!!! Stay tuned for more book drive info- u guys have so much passion and love to go round. Let’s continue this!!!! Xoxoox -jm
Dallas Big D Texas!!! Wow want a show- you showed the world last night that you rock HARD!!!!! So much fun. Thank you to everyone who brought a book. These sweet southern volunteers collected almost 1000 new books!!! We are that much closer to 25,000!!!! Xoxoxo thank you thank you thank you -jm
Hey :)
So I’ve been hearing that some of you who donated a book at the concert did not get your download of “5 Brothers and a Million Sisters” yet. One reason for some is that I was a bit late getting them out- and now you have already received it. ANother reason is that some names may have slipped through the cracks or were spelled wrong, etc.
Sooo…. please email letsgetthisfoundation@gmail.com and in the subject line put your city / download as in “Memphis/Download”. We will send you the song asap.
Sorry for the mishap and thank you for your patience.
Let’s reconcile this :)
-jm