OKR Free Book Festival
Support Literacy In Allentown, PA!
Our Kids Read, in partnership with the Lehigh Valley Health Network, is bringing a Free Book Festival to Mosser Elementary School!
In April 2024, we will bring storytellers, West African drummers and free passes to join the OKR evening virtual Reading Buddies program.
Event Partners:
Key Partner
This Allentown, PA Free Book Festival was the brainchild of Cheri and Chloe Fadlon. Chloe Fadlon will become a bat mitzvah at Temple Beth El in Allentown on June 1, 2024. A Springhouse Middle School (SMS) seventh grader, Chloe plays violin, golf, ice skates and studies voice. She is involved in SMS’s TV studio (S.U.N.N), the Reading Olympics and is volunteering for Read Across America. Chloe will also be in SMS’s upcoming performance of Descendants. When it came to planning her mitzvah project Chloe knew she’d like to do something to do with reading and books. A college classmate of Chloe’s mom, Our Kids Read Executive Director, Our Kids Read, started a literacy organization called Our Kids Read (OKR). At the 2023 Princeton University reunion, Chloe learned about an organization a college classmate of her mother's started, Our Kids Read. At the event, students from Trenton, NJ visited Princeton's campus for a day of literacy events and free books. This inspired Chloe to want to bring a similar event to Allentown.Chloe will be sponsoring an Our Kids Read Free Book Festival at Mosser Elementary School in Allentown in March. The festival will bring storytellers, West African drummers and free diverse books to 2nd grade students.
Pick one of two (2) ways to support
OPTION | 1 Give the gift of a book in the virtual book drive
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to access the virtual book drive
Donate one or more books for children to take home with them during this event. Here is a sample of the diverse books that we will be bringing to this event:
OPTION | 2Donate to Defray the 5K event cost
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to Donate
OKR is a 100% volunteer organization but we do pay contract musicians, storytellers and part-time staff. Please donate to support the cost of bring the best event possible to the students we serve.
