In December 2022, Lauren Page was contacted by the World Literacy Foundation to be a speaker at the World Literacy Summit at Oxford University, Oxford, UK April 2-4, 2023. Every year, the World Literacy Foundation recognizes individuals and organizations annually for their outstanding endeavors that promote literacy learning. The Awards are an initiative of the World Literacy Foundation, a peak global literacy charity and the World Literacy Council. Page by Page and Lauren look forward to being a part of this incredible event.
In August of 2022, Page by Page was hired by APL Logistics, an international logistics company with offices across the planet, to implement a Page by Page - Corporate Social Responsibility Program (CSR) within its offices worldwide. Page by Page successfully organized, supervised, and operated an international book drive program, with biweekly meetings regarding the program, to help the marginalized populations that surround all of AAPL’s offices throughout the world. See CSR at www.apllogistics.com
In April 2023, Page by Page was awarded Champions for Children Excellence in Youth Leadership Award which honors individuals and programs that have achieved greatness in their service to children and families. This annual award ceremony has become one of the most anticipated within the community of child advocates throughout the State of Florida.
In September 2022, Page by Page worked with the Salvation Army to deliver over 15,000 books to the west coast of Florida to assist children and schools that lost everything. We love partnering with the Salvation Army to foster literacy around the world.
In 2022, Lauren Page was awarded the State of Florida Child Advocate Award recognizing her service efforts toward literacy within the State of Florida and all around the world. Lauren spoke at the Award Ceremony and the following day on the steps of the capital of the State of Florida.
In October 2021,Disney entitled Lauren Page as a 'Magic Maker'! Out of 30,000 world wide applicants, Lauren was awarded the honor of Magic Maker, a person who creates 'magic' within their community. Good Morning America featured an interview and a clip of the history of Page by Page on their show. Additionally, Miami Community Newspaper featured a 1/2 hour interview about literacy with Lauren. Both interviews can be viewed under Media Appearances on our site.
During our past 10 years, we have delivered over 511,423 books, worth $2,557,115, to over 3.65 million kids!! We have made the difference Page by Page set out to accomplish in 2013. Great job!
Our goal was to organize and collect books from schools, organizations, and communities to donate to people without resources so they may own their own books. During this tragic time, we continued to collect and deliver to the neediest members of our community that have been impacted most by the pandemic and its economic implications. Branches Miami, Breakthrough Miami, Achieve Miami, Camillus House, and United Way Miami received a combination of 35,000 books at this challenging time to distribute to their children sitting home while school was solely online. This was our attempt to bridge the gap for what we expected would be an education problem in the future.
We have a number of donations from incredibly generous people with incredibly kind hearts. Our top donations come from Pinecrest Elementary, Palmetto Elementary, Snapper Creek Elementary, Sunset Elementary, Carrollton School of the Scared Heart, Gulliver Academy, and Ransom Everglades Middle and Upper School. Incredibly dedicated and generous children give each year!
Page by Page has many chapters throughout the world. Multiple chapters in Miami Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach in Florida, New Jersey, Connecticut, Lakeland, Florida, California, Kansas, along with the countries, England and Tajikistan. Reach out to start your own!
Lauren was honored with the 2023 Excellence in Youth Leadership Award by the Children's Trust. Watch her acceptance speech here!
Lauren had the honor of speaking to Oxford University students, staff, and attendees of the 2023 World Literacy Summit. She was so proud to connect with more people worldwide to join her fight to eradicate illiteracy.
Together we can work to increase literacy to all areas of the world. Connections, friendships, and collaborations create realities for so many people!
Teach for America was our first donation from our book drive in 2013 when Lauren was in 2nd grade. Upon approaching her principal, Lauren organized her first book drive and raised awareness of the importance of child literacy. This initial event raised approximately 513 books but it was only the beginning! Our books went directly into the hands of children around the community and the nation.
The second year of Page by Page, Lauren had higher aspirations. Her school was familiar with the book drive and her friends were excited to contribute. With this momentum, Page by Page raised over 2,541 books in our second year that went directly to Teach for America.
The third year of Page by Page, our book drive truly started to blossom. The children were competitively donating and wanted to beat their friends with the amount of books they donated. Classrooms started to become competitive and the lesson of giving. We tripled our in take of donations this year and our entire inventory went to Teach for America's children to assist in teaching their children to read.
Achieve Miami became our main organization we chose to support. Their objectives and dedication to the enrichment of literacy was unyielding. Supporting Achieve Miami through our donations of books for their Saturday Academy has been a primary focus for us from our inception to the present day.
Camillus House was nominated to receive all of the adult books we have received over the years. Many of the clients who come to Camillus House have nowhere else to go. They have no friends, no family, and no loved ones to help them. Camillus House becomes their family, giving them the hope and support they need to begin the long, difficult transition to a new life and self-sufficiency.
Camillus House and Camillus Health programs and activities are accessible to and usable by disabled persons, including persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or who have other sensory impairments. A full range of assistive and communication aid are available free of charge to assist any disable persons.
The Salvation Army was our recipient for a large donation of books for the families and children they care for throughout the year! Their dedication to the local community, work to continually optimize their efficacy via spiritual, physical, and emotional service impressed our Selection Panel. Congratulations Salvation Army!
During a Literacy Festival, we met representatives from the YMCA who described their need for books to fill their library where thousands of members frequent daily. We were more than happy to help and delivered thousands of books to line the shelves of their library. We provided over 10,000 books to the YMCA and they are able to provide their books to all of their members!
United Way has a library within their Miami facility that educates and caters to many children and families within the Miami-Dade county. Hoping to be able to donate thousands of books to the United Way, we delivered more than expected and knew we made a difference in the lives of thousands of children.
Once again, the Salvation Army was our recipient for a large donation of books for the families and children they care for throughout the year! Their dedication to the local community, work to continually optimize their efficacy via spiritual, physical, and emotional service impressed our Selection Panel. Congratulations Salvation Army!
Supporting Achieve Miami through our donations of books for their Saturday Academy has been a primary focus for us since our inception.
Chapman Partnership houses hundreds of families a year and many have school aged children who have interrupted schooling because they are homeless. We furnished their library with over 23,000 books enabling them to redirect their funds to obtaining literacy teachers for their residents. During a site visit, we witnessed children choosing to read our books and spend hours learning to read with teachers and our books.
We were lucky enough to receive a number of younger aged books during this year's donation and were more than happy to donate to Patches. Patches is a very special place for special children and we were honored to be a part of their family.
Chapman Partnership was awarded two awards: our first quarterly award for 2018 and an additional award was donated in the 4th Quarter. Thank you to the nominating parties which allowed Chapman to be considered for this award, approximately 7,000 books were collected and delivered, with the help of a Girl Scout Troop!
Big Brothers Big Sister Miami was our 2nd Quarter Award recipient and received 3,000+ books to fill their library shelves! We were so excited to be a part of helping so many children on their road to literacy!
Read to a Child is a national literacy and mentoring non-profit that fosters a love of reading, improves literacy skills, and empowers underserved children by inspiring adults to read aloud to them regularly. Research proves that reading aloud to children is the single most important activity for enabling eventual success in reading and, therefore, likelihood for success in school and life. Read to a Child’s flagship Lunchtime Reading Program utilizes over 1,800 volunteers from more than 150 corporations nationwide who read aloud to 1,400 at-risk elementary school students in greater Boston, Detroit, Hartford, Los Angeles and Miami.
We awarded CARE Elementary a donation for the incredible work they do everyday for their students! Assisting the school fill their libraries was very rewarding. Their children were incredible and we also replenished libraries within each classroom.
Through Achieve's directly supported and managed programs, they aim to extend time spent learning for students during the school year and in the summer while providing leadership development opportunities to talented teachers. We have supported Achieve's efforts in their Saturday Academy and Summer Academy for over 6 years!
Our Lakeland Chapter initiated a tremendous book drive where they organized, collected, and donated thousands of books to a foster home, which cares for children of various ages. Way to go Lakeland Florida and a special thanks to the Sorenson family!
Supporting Teach for America and Achieve Miami through our donations of books for their Saturday Academy has been a primary focus for us since our inception.
We are so grateful to be giving to Achieve Miami again! . For the last 6 years, we have donated to this organization who has accomplished so much between creating a volunteer system in high school students to enrich literacy in the lives of so many children!
The Salvation Army was our recipient for the third quarter of 2019! Their dedication to the local community, work to continually optimize their efficacy via spiritual, physical, and emotional service impressed our Selection Panel. Congratulations Salvage Army!
Founded in 1950 by Variety Clubs International, Nicklaus Children's Hospital is South Florida's only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children, with nearly 800 attending physicians and more than 475 pediatric subspecialists. The 309-bed hospital, known as Miami Children's Hospital from 1983 through 2014, is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, with many programs routinely ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report, since 2008. The hospital is also home to the largest pediatric teaching program in the southeastern United States and has been designated an American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet facility, the nursing profession's most prestigious institutional honor.
Many of the clients who come to Camillus House have nowhere else to go. They have no friends, no family, and no loved ones to help them. Camillus House becomes their family, giving them the hope and support they need to begin the long, difficult transition to a new life and self-sufficiency.
Camillus House and Camillus Health programs and activities are accessible to and usable by disabled persons, including persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or who have other sensory impairments. A full range of assistive and communication aid are available free of charge to assist any disable persons.
Our Monmouth County, New Jersey location of Page by Page lead an all out push to collect books to donate to the Boys & Girls Clubs in Monmouth County. Their impressive success and efforts were amazing and helped so man y people enrich their literary skills!
At Branches, we provide life-changing opportunities to help working families and their children break the cycle of generational poverty. 9,000 books were donated to their Homestead location.
Winn Dixie on Bird Road is awarding us a donation for purchases made during the month of May! Thank you Winn Dixie!
United Way was in charge of running many Covid 19 centers to test community members during the pandemic. At their testing sites, the children were allowed to choose and take with them as many books as they desired. With the schools being closed, Page by Page was more than thrilled to provide over 13,000 books to United Way to enable their efforts.
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During the initial months of Covid 19, Page by Page partnered with Breakthrough Miami to prepare over 100 custom boxes packed with thousands of book to be personally delivered to the Breakthrough Families. The age and preferences of the children were listed and books were packed accordingly and subsequently delivered to children quarantining in their homes with their families. Ransom Everglades, Carrolton, and Gulliver banded together and showed tremendous support with their generous donations delivered directly to Page by Page.
Ransom Everglades ran a Page by Page book drive in its Upper and Middle School to collect gently used books and basketballs to give back to the community. Page by Page chose Achieve Miami and Breakthrough Miami to be the recipients of Ransom's generous efforts!
Ransom Everglades ran a Page by Page book drive in its Upper and Middle School to collect gently used books and basketballs to give back to the community. Page by Page chose Achieve Miami and Breakthrough Miami to be the recipients of Ransom's generous efforts!
Volunteers collected and delivered thousands of books to Touching Miami with Love, who has been serving the children, youth, and families of our communities with wholistic programming as they inspire, educate, and empower. Their impact can be seen in the lives of those they serve since 1995.
Volunteers collected and delivered 15,000 thousand of books to the west coast of Florida to assist schools and children with the learning loss due to the effects of Hurrican Ian.
We could not do what we do everyday without our schools that graciously donate every year for the last 9 years. We appreciate the generosity of Pinecrest Elementary, Palmetto Elementary, Sunset Elementary, Snapper Creek Elementary, Ransom Everglades Middle and Upper School, Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, Gulliver Preparatory School, and so many more!
Families throughout the community hear about our organization and lend a helping hand all the time. Dropping off books, donating to our cause, or helping deliver and box the books are only some of the sweaty, hard working jobs our volunteers love to volunteer their time. Carrying heavy boxes of books to deliver or gather takes a strong will in the middle of the Florida heat, but we persist with our mission.
Although we do not require a huge amount of financial support, buying boxes, tape, and other administrative/filing costs add up. Our generous sponsors and donators keep us a float throughout the year. Give Miami Day has been a huge success for us during the last 5 years, as well as receiving generous donations for the Health Foundation of South Florida and Tokio Marine Kiln.