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{{ | [[File:Bookbasketslogo.png|200px|thumb|right|Book Baskets Logo]]'''Book Baskets''', a local nonprofit, was founded in 1995 by Mildred Abraham with the goal of encouraging reading through book ownership. A small bookplate is placed in the front of each book, allowing the recipient to identify the gift book as his or her own.<ref name="site">{{cite web|title=Book Baskets Background|url=http://bookbaskets.webs.com/background|author=|work=|publisher=Book Baskets|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=22 July 2013}}</ref> Last year, over 11,000 books were given to Charlottesville and Albemarle County children.<ref name="stitches">{{cite web|title=|url=http://cvillememories.wordpress.com/book-baskets/|author=|work=|publisher=Stitches in Time|location=|publishdate=|accessdate=February 11, 2012}}</ref><br> | ||
[[File: | [[File:Full-basket-2.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Full basket!]]While the organization does raise some funds to buy new books, a majority of the books they give come from families in the community who place their “gently used” books in a Book Baskets wicker basket placed in area schools.<ref name="stitches"/> Book Baskets collects books from 24 schools.<ref name="site"/> | ||
==Participating Schools== | |||
Albemarle County Elementary Schools | |||
*[[Agnor-Hurt Elementary School]] | |||
*[[Baker-Butler Elementary School]] | |||
*[[Broadus Wood Elementary School]] | |||
*[[Brownsville Elementary School]] | |||
*[[Cale Elementary School]] | |||
*[[Crozet Elementary School]] | |||
*[[Hollymead Elementary School]] | |||
*[[Meriwether Lewis Elementary School]] | |||
*[[Murray Elementary School]] | |||
*[[Red Hill Elementary School]] | |||
*[[Scottsville Elementary School]] | |||
*[[Stone-Robinson Elementary School]] | |||
*[[Stony Point Elementary School]] | |||
*[[Woodbrook Elementary School]] | |||
*[[Yancey Elementary School]] | |||
Private Schools | |||
*[[Charlottesville Catholic School]] | |||
*[[Covenant]] | |||
*[[Free Union Country Day School]] | |||
*[[Mountain Top Montessori]] | |||
*[[The Peabody School]] | |||
*[[St. Anne’s Belfield]] | |||
*[[Tandem Friends School]] | |||
*[[The Village School]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
[http://bookbaskets.webs.com Official Site] | |||
[[Category:Non-profit organizations]] | [[Category:Non-profit organizations]] | ||
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Book Baskets, a local nonprofit, was founded in 1995 by Mildred Abraham with the goal of encouraging reading through book ownership. A small bookplate is placed in the front of each book, allowing the recipient to identify the gift book as his or her own.[1] Last year, over 11,000 books were given to Charlottesville and Albemarle County children.[2]
While the organization does raise some funds to buy new books, a majority of the books they give come from families in the community who place their “gently used” books in a Book Baskets wicker basket placed in area schools.[2] Book Baskets collects books from 24 schools.[1]
Participating Schools
Albemarle County Elementary Schools
- Agnor-Hurt Elementary School
- Baker-Butler Elementary School
- Broadus Wood Elementary School
- Brownsville Elementary School
- Cale Elementary School
- Crozet Elementary School
- Hollymead Elementary School
- Meriwether Lewis Elementary School
- Murray Elementary School
- Red Hill Elementary School
- Scottsville Elementary School
- Stone-Robinson Elementary School
- Stony Point Elementary School
- Woodbrook Elementary School
- Yancey Elementary School
Private Schools
- Charlottesville Catholic School
- Covenant
- Free Union Country Day School
- Mountain Top Montessori
- The Peabody School
- St. Anne’s Belfield
- Tandem Friends School
- The Village School