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On June 21, 2010 20 volunteers from Southaven, MS worked through the summer heat to pass out 1,000 fliers promoting our book donation in West Nashville!  On June 22, 2010 we returned to the West Park Community center and donated over 150 books to the children at the center.  We then moved to the St. John’s United Methodist church where we invited the community to stop buy and choose books for their children.  In all, we donated almost 900 books to the children in West Nashville! 

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Just because it is summer does not mean we have stopped delivering books!  On Monday, June 7th, we donated books to the pre-kindergarten students at Margaret Maddox YMCA.  As we pulled into the YMCA we were greeted by cheers from the children.  We then read one of our favorite books, His Finest Hour, to the children.  After the book reading each child got to choose a book to take home with them.  It was a great start to the summer for both …

With over 30 cyclist, including Team/Ergon pro rider Dejay Birtch, we delivered over 600 books to the children of Stonebridge Academy!

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Do you want to go the extra mile before DSG! Ride for Reading and Team Niner-Ergon are teaming up to deliver books to the elementary students of Stone Bridge Academy in Fayetteville, TN on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. and they need your help. Ride for Reading is looking for volunteers to make the 1 mile ride from Dirt, Sweat, …

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We donated 3,312 Wilbooks books to middle school teachers who teach reading! These books are going to be used to assist struggling readers increase their reading abilities! This is one of the most exciting donations we have made yet. These books are going to directly impact the lives of thousands of middle school students!

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The Cumberland University chapter of Ride for Reading made an amazing book delivery on April 9, 2010 to the 250 first and second graders at Coles Ferry Elementary School!  Tim Hall, CU’s cycling coach, eight team members, and founder, Mathew Portell set out from the university with books packed in backpacks.  The fleet arrived the cheers of the elementary students.  Tim spoke words of encouragement and set them on a mission to read and ride bikes. The highlight of the delivery was when one …

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On March 26, 2010, 12 Ride for Reading volunteer riders set out on a 25 mile round trip ride from the RfR building to Paragon Elementary School to deliver almost 700 books.  The volunteers came from as far as Memphis, Tennessee to participate in this distribution.  The riders were met by 150+ cheering 2nd and 3rd graders excited about the gift that the volunteers were packing in backpacks and trailers.  With many books requests including The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Junie B. Jones, many …

Bruce Larkin, CEO of Wilbooks, has donated 10,000 leveled readers (books designed/written for specific grade levels) to Ride for Reading! These books are going to be distributed to Nashville teachers for classroom use.   THe books will stay in the schools and will potentially be used by thousands of children.  You can also go to their website at www.wilbooks.com, purchase books, select RfR as an organization you support, and we will get $10 from your purchase.
However, this is not the only good news! Wilbooks in the beginning stages of creating a book about Ride for …

Mike Gardner, CEO of Book Distribution Services in Franklin, TN showed his kindness by donation 3,000 books to Ride for Reading.  We would like to thank him and everyone at his company for supporting our mission of donating books to children from low-income areas!

Teacher Book Pick-up 12/15/2009

 
Teacher Book Pick-Up 12/10/2009