Capital BookShare's first Teacher BookShare event occurred on May 13, 2008 at Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School in Washington, DC:

We had approximately 4,000 books to share, collected from book drives at The Field School in Washington, DC, Barrie School in Silver Spring, Maryland, The Green Acres School in Rockville, Maryland and St. Mark Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, Maryland.

Two weeks before the event, we mailed 140 personal invitations to staff members at three of Turning the Page's 2007-08 partner schools.

Teachers from all three of those elementary schools attended our Teacher BookShare: Martin Luther King, Jr., Garfield, and M.C. Terrell.

Teachers were thrilled to come join us, enjoy refreshments after a long day, and choose free books!

Capital BookShare has 501(c)3 status through our partnership with Turning the Page.