4.17.08 PBES Selected as 2008 Donor School

We are thrilled to announce our first donor school–Piney Branch Elementary–located in Takoma Park, MD. You may have heard of “The People’s Republic” of Takoma Park; Utne Reader once dubbed it the leftiest ‘burb in America! Progressive, diverse, and home to designfarm, parent company for MR2W, we decided keepin’ it local was the write thing to do.

There are other reasons that PBES met our criteria.

With 500+ 3rd - 5th grade students, PBES is a highly diverse school. Approximately 72% of the population is minority, with approximately 66% being Hispanic and Black. Approximately 40% of PBES students are disadvantaged and eligible for free or reduced meals.

MR2W has close to 100 books to donate as of this writing. With the support of the PBES PTA, and some PR outreach into our community, we hope to at least TRIPLE that number by September 2008!

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