Small Things Matter had a wonderful time giving out free books to our friends at Rolling Terrace Elementary School on September 24, 2018. Seeing all those eyes light up when they saw the books made our day! This was our first school-wide distribution of new books that was made possibly by you, our generous donors and partners. Our thanks to all the wonderful teachers and staff at RTES, especially Michelle Esema, Mary Araghi, and Mary Carter for all their help with our visit. We had a delightful time meeting everyone and we enjoyed reading to your Head Start class! STM would also like to thank our friend and partner Steve Whitney/HOOPOE BOOKS, Share Literacy, Books for Afghanistan, Books for Pakistan for their generous donation of the “Man and the Fox” books for all the 1st graders and the bilingual Spanish/English “Fatima the Spinner and the Tent” for all the 2nd and 3rd graders. Steve spent the day with sharing reflections on the importance of reading and words of encouragement to the children and also read the “Man and the Fox” to one of the 1st grade classes. We would also like to thank Aimee Oberndorfer Le and Rona Sue London/The Ivy Bookshop for all the wonderful books they provided for the preK, K, 4th, and 5th grade classes. We are also thankful for all of you who have made financial contributions and supported our lemonade stands which allowed us to purchase additional books needed for this distribution. And lastly we would like to thank everyone who made and colored bookmarks for this event with a special shout out to the Difference Makers Teen Ambassadors who made some AMAZING fabric paper bookmarks for us. Thank you friends! We couldn’t have done it without you!