The Books in Homes Program continues to enrich two remote Queensland Indigenous schools – Dajarra State School and Camooweal State School – thanks to Glencore’s ongoing generosity and support. Over 190 new quality books will be donated to each of the school libraries over the next four school terms, and […]
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Books in Homes Australia is proud to announce the winner of the inaugural Mainfreight Best Book Giving Assembly Competition as Broadmeadows Primary School from Melbourne, Victoria. Nine Mainfreight-sponsored schools were automatic entrants into this competition, which recognised the best effort for organising Book Giving Assemblies over two terms during 2019. […]
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The COVID-19 Pandemic has caused great disruption to family, life and work in Australia and abroad, and as a result of COVID-19, Books in Homes Australia will be deferring our Term 2, 2020 programs to Term 3, 2020. As our leaders, governments and businesses have continued to introduce tougher regulations […]
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In 2019, Books in Homes Australia launched a new initiative in the form of the Mainfreight Award for Excellence in Attitude for one student at each of the nine Mainfreight-sponsored schools. The Award was intended for a senior student school who showed a positive attitude in all areas of school […]
READ MOREThe students and staff of Durack State School in Qld, Australia, recently celebrated the value of reading and their participation on the Books in Homes Program by filming a thank you video for their Sponsor—The Ausenco Foundation—as well as the community to view. Each child receives three books a term […]
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After months of planning and co-ordinating the Book Giving Assembly dates of the eight Glencore schools in and around the Mount Isa region, on Monday in the last week of November I embarked on my north west Queensland adventure. Arriving back in Mount Isa for the first time in four […]
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Books in Homes Australia is evolving and moving into the next phase of its development. To symbolise and mark that change, the charity has launched its new logo, which will gradually be integrated onto various digital platforms and print publications. This process will take about six months. As part of […]
READ MORE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12 July 2019 The Books in Homes Program will continue in north west Queensland for another five years thanks to Glencore extending its support by funding eight primary schools in the region. With over 4,000 students participating each year, this translates into Glencore delivering over an estimated 60,000 […]
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Rotary District 9810 in Victoria has just initiated a new fundraising campaign called the Rotary DG Family Project Books for Kids Campaign, which aims to identify and fund primary schools in Victoria’s South Eastern and Yarra Ranges suburbs, that will benefit from being on the Books in Homes program. The […]
READ MOREFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6 May 2019 Mainfreight has extended its support of the Books in Homes Program from seven to nine primary schools across Australia and has launched two new initiatives—the Mainfreight Award for Excellence in Attitude and the Best Book Giving Assembly Competition. During 2019 alone, Mainfreight will deliver […]
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The relationship between Noble Park Primary School and Mainfreight started with sponsoring the Books in Homes Program, which supplies books-of-choice to the students three times a year, but has now extended to health and wellbeing. Noble Park Primary School in Victoria identified a real need for their students to have […]
READ MOREDanny Lee, Books in Homes Trustee and Sponsor, recently flew and drove across Australia to visit Murputja Anangu Community School in South Australia (SA) to attend a Book Giving Assembly. Here is a report from his recent trip: If you are trying to find a remote school participating in the […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 February 2019 Books in Homes Australia is delighted to announce its new partnership with Australian Football League (AFL) club—the Greater Western Sydney Giants (GIANTS). The GIANTS work with community partners and charities as part of their social responsibility initiatives within Western Sydney, the ACT, Southern NSW and […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1 February 2019 The BHP and Books in Homes Australia partnership has been expanded to deliver almost 60,000 books to 1,870 Australian children across Australia over the next three years. The important literacy partnership will see primary school children, pre-schoolers and children aged 0 to 3, receive […]
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In December 2018, 12 girls from Ballajura Community College in Western Australia (WA) launched an anthology of short stories, poems and letters. and donated the profit of $1000 to Books in Homes Australia. The anthology, titled Generation Girls, was the culmination of a reading and creative writing mentoring program run […]
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The Ausenco Foundation (Ausenco) has extended its generous support of and commitment to the Books in Homes Program from the east coast to the west coast of Australia by sponsoring 183 children at Perth-based Dianella Primary College’s Intensive English Centre. The students—who come from a culturally and linguistically diverse background […]
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Books in Homes Australia is excited to announce its new strategic partnership with Storyville, which is an Equity Foundation initiative. The Storyville program sends actors into schools to use their talents to bring children’s books to life. From 2019, many Storyville storytellers will also be bridging into Books in Homes […]
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Mainfreight has just released its Mainfreight Books in Homes Calendar 2019, which is distributed all over Australia to its offices and depots, as well as to the seven schools that Mainfreight sponsors on the Books in Homes Program. The calendar features artwork from primary school children who attend the Mainfreight […]
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The Mingara Recreation Club on the NSW Central Coast is hosting its annual Christmas Under the Stars on Sunday 23 December 2018 from 3:30pm to 10:30pm. Performers include Damien Leith, the Bananas in Pyjamas. the dancers from JB Dance, Gina Jeffrey’s Christmas Stars, Dance – Nikki Webster, and Erica Davis. Santa […]
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Book Selection Committee Member and Early Childhood Educator, Sandra Stonham and her family are launching a special fundraising campaign called Christmas Lights on Jubilee for Books in Homes during December. The OPENING NIGHT is on Saturday 1 December 2018 at 7:30pm. The celebration will be held at 101 Jubilee Avenue Beverley Park […]
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