First Book-Orlando, FL

About Us

First Book provides new books to children in need, addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy – access to books. An innovative leader in social enterprise, First Book has distributed more than 60 million free and low cost books to disadvantaged children and the programs that serve them.

First Book-Orlando is a local Advisory Board dedicated to forwarding the First Book mission here in Orange County (FL). Our Advisory Board is comprised of ardent volunteers from all sectors of the community who have joined forces to provide new books to local youth in need. We work to achieve the following goals:

• Raise funds to support the purchase of new books for children living in low-income families (6-12 new books are provided to every youth served);
• Partner with established and effective local literacy programs to distribute new books to the youth they serve, ensuring that awarded books are distributed in a context of learning;
• Recruit additional action-oriented Advisory Board members who represent a professional and cultural cross-section of the community;
• Help cultivate community awareness regarding local and national youth literacy issues; and
• Participate in First Book national cause-based marketing events and campaigns.

First Book-Orlando Advisory Board members: (l.-r.) Cris Phillips-Georg, Steve Fetters, Janna Benge, and Denise Dickenson at First Book-Orlando booth at Family Party in the Park event on July 14th.