Bird Street Community Center
Dorchester, MA
Bird Street Community Center
Dorchester, MA
Bird Street Community Center
Dorchester, MA
"Who loves children’s books more than I do, well it’s Lisa. She shares her love of books and reading with my students at the Beethoven Elementary School. It’s her kindness that shines through and her willingness to want all children to love reading. Lisa brought books for our students, well over 1,000 books. I’ll never forget the smiles and excitement of the students choosing two books to take home. Our Kindness Projects were such a success with all the support we received from Storytime Crafts."
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Margarite Mourkakos , School Librarian, Beethoven Elementary School, West Roxbury, MA (Retired)
Whittemore Elementary School, K-5
Waltham, MA
Kindness Project - March 1, 2019
Whittemore Elementary School, K-5
Waltham, MA
Kindness Project - March 1, 2019
Books and Bikes is a Storytime Crafts COVID-19 initiative to give children hope during these unprecedented times. Our priority is supporting families in need who are most impacted by the pandemic. Providing books and bikes for children and families is our way of helping kids stay active and engaged in reading and learning.
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Storytime Crafts Partners with Nonprofit Peaceful Heart and Mind in Boston - May 24, 2020
As we continue to safely work and connect at a social distance, helping round the clock, seven days a week seems to be the new norm. We are in this together.
Bikes Distributed to Boston Public Schools Children - May 27, 2020
Within two hours of a request for bikes for Boston Public Schools families, Storytime Crafts is providing three boys each with a bike and a signed copy of “Danny Dollar” by Ty Allan Jackson. Thank you to all the volunteer drivers meeting at the YMCA camp site today at Ponkapoag Trail to safely collect distributions for families.
Bikes Collected for BPS Families - May 28, 2020
Storytime Crafts newest initiative “Books & Bikes” is off to a great start thanks to the generosity of the Needham Community. Supporting Boston Public Schools families most impacted by the the COVID crisis is our top priority and providing books and bikes for children is our way of helping kids stay active and engaged in reading and learning. Collecting used bikes and helmets in very good condition for K-5 age children.
More BPS Families Receive Bikes - June 3, 2020
Families in Dorchester receive bikes - June 9, 2020
Families in Brockton and Dorchester receive books, bikes and masks- July 11, 2020
102 Bikes - August 21, 2020
Bike Collection Growing - August 21, 2020
142 Bikes Collected- September 4, 2020
186 Bikes and counting - September 21, 2020
212 Bikes collected- October 9, 2020
Bikes for Waltham families- October 18, 2020
Bikes collected for BPS Wish Lists - December 2020
252 total bikes for 2020
January 2021
March 20, 2021 - Bikes for Brockton families
April 14, 2021 - Officer Nicole McMahon & Officer Katie McCullough, NPD - connecting kids with bikes
June - August 2021 - Partnering with community members to distribute bikes
April - May, 2021 - Partnership with YMCA of Greater Boston and Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition
Mattapan on Wheels Bike-a-thon
August 18, 2021 - Providing books, games and bikes for children at Luminosity Behavioral Health Services and Lil Steps Academy in Brockton
September 18, 2021 - Bikes for St. Peter's Teen Center in Dorchester
October 2021 - Immigrant Family Services Institute, Mattapan
October 2021
Partnering with the NPD for bikes
Nov 13, 2021 - King School and Lynn community
April 14, 2022 - Haynes EEC, Roxbury & Sarah Greenwood School, Dorchester
May 13, 2022 - Frederick Pilot Middle School, Dorchester
April 30 - May 24, 2022 - Martin Luther King, Jr K-8 School, Dorchester
June 6, 2022 - Hyde Park community
June 16, 2022 - Immigrant Family Services Institue, Mattapan
June 17 & June 30, 2022 - Bikes for community partner/Uganda
