FAQ
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What kinds of books do you
take?
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What would be appropriate
books?
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What would be gently used
books?
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Where can I drop off the
books?
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Do you take new books?
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Do you take monetary
donations?
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Where did the name and logo
come from?
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How did the project get
started?
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When are you delivering
books? (to Costilla County)
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Where is Costilla County,
Colorado?
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Do you have any information
on the schools?
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What happened to the woman in
the story?
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What
kinds of books do you take?
The project can take books for pre-school, elementary,
middle and high school aged children. So almost any age range of books
would work.
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What
would be appropriate books?
Any children’s books should be appropriate (please no
offensive material). You can check this website to see if the book is part
of the Accelerated Reading program which is a good guide for children’s
books.
AR BookFinder:
http://www.arbookfind.com/default.aspx
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What
would be “gently used” books?
Any books that are torn, stained or have marks or have
writing on them would not be useful. If there are small inscriptions or owner’s
names we can cover them up using the RIaG logo as a sticker.
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Where
can I drop off the books?
Currently there are no drop off locations throughout the
Denver metro area but we are collecting books at both of the Halliburton
offices as well as books can be dropped off at my house. The addresses are:
Halliburton
Offices:
Highlands
Ranch
Shea Center
II
1805 Shea
Ctr. Dr., Suite 400
Highlands
Ranch, CO 80129
Attn: Bill
Snodgrass
303-675-2466
Downtown
Denver
1125 17th
Street
Suite 1900
Denver, CO
80202
Attn: Beth
Haggerty
303-571-8252
My house:
12586 Elm
St.
Thornton, CO
80241
Attn: Bill
Snodgrass
303-457-0557
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Do
you take new books?
Yes but the primary goal is to get used books. We don’t mind
any new books at all but one of the side benefits of this project would be
to recycle used books.
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Do
you take monetary donations?
Yes, however the primary goal is to collect books not
monies. Any donations would be used to offset the cost of support for
collecting and sorting the books as well as cost associated with delivering
the books. Unfortunately this is not a non-profit 501c organization at this
time so any tax deductions would be listed as miscellaneous. If you would
like to donate monies, you can send a check or money order to:
William Snodgrass
12586 Elm St.
Thornton, CO 80241
Or
(Note: PayPal will take a 2.9% + $.0.30 USD transaction
fee from the original donation amount)
If you would like a printed receipt please fill in your
Name and Address on the donation form.
·
When
are your delivering the books?
The targeted drop off date is at the end of the school
year in May 2011.
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Where
is Costilla County, Colorado?
The targeted county of Costilla in Colorado is at the
Southern Central border of Colorado and New Mexico. According to some
estimates, Costilla County is one of the lower mean income areas in the
state. It is however a beautiful area encompassing high mountains, valleys
and the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. See here for a Google
Map of the area: Costilla
County, CO
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Do you have any information on the
schools?
The two schools are Sierra Grande School
in Blanca, Leslie Corona - Librarian and
San Luis Centennial School in San Luis, Marlene
Vigil - Librarian.
·
Where
did the name and logo come from?
A number of my co-workers at Halliburton wanted to work on the
project and created the name. Ironically the letters “RIG” stood out from
the “Reading Is a Gift” project name and since we do work in the oil field
services it seemed only appropriate to use the acronym as a RIG. Beverly
Halliwell, one of the co-leaders of the committee, son David created the
logo.
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How
did the project get started?
Read the story here: Reading Is
a Gift Story
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What
happened to the woman in New Mexico?
Amazing how this question keeps popping up!
Unfortunately we did not continue to date much after the Summer of 2004
however I am very grateful that I met her and appreciate the wondrous
generosity of her heart. Her initial action to give her students a gift
inspired my “aha” moment which led to this project. Luckily for me I have
met an even more generous and inspiring woman, Laura Arbury, who really
encouraged me to create the project.
Reading is a
Gift Mission Statement
Reading Is
a Gift Flyer #1
Reading
Is a Gift Flyer #2
Reading is
a Gift Flyer #2 (Microsoft Word document)
