WHO:             Astros Foundation Executive Director and SVP of Community Relations Twila Carter
                         Representatives from the Follett Corporation
                         Houston Astros Wives
WHAT:          The Astros Foundation, Phillips 66, and HISD are partnering to send the Literacy Bus on the road to
                         distribute age-appropriate books to children in grades K-5 at various schools and city-owned baseball and
                         softball parks renovated by the Astros Foundation as part of its Community Leaders program. These parks
                         are located within HISD boundaries and serve more than 1,200 Houston-area children each year. More than
                         20 parks have been renovated as part of the Community Leaders program since its inception in 2013. The
                         Literacy Bus is a mobile interactive unit that will encourage family reading in Houston-area communities.
WHEN:          Tuesday, May 16
                         11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at Benbrook Elementary School
                         1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. at Janowski Elementary School
                         Saturday, May 20
                         1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. at Hidalgo Park, an Astros Community Leaders park sponsored by Lexus
WHERE:        Benbrook Elementary School
                         4026 Bolin Road, Houston, Texas 77092
                         Janowski Elementary School
                         7500 Bauman Road, Houston, Texas 77022
                         Hidalgo Park
                         7000 Avenue Q, Houston, Texas 77011
About Follett's PreK-12 Business | FollettLearning.com:
Follett is the largest provider of educational materials and technology solutions to PreK-12 libraries, classrooms, learning centers and school districts in the United States, and a major supplier to educational institutions worldwide. Follett distributes books, reference materials, digital resources, ebooks and audiovisual materials, as well as pre-owned textbooks. Follett also is one of the leading providers of integrated educational technology for the management of physical and digital assets, the tracking, storing and analyzing of academic data, and digital learning environment tools for the classroom focusing on student achievement.
About Follett Corporation | Follett.com:
For more than 140 years, Follett has been a trusted partner to preK-12 schools, colleges and campus bookstores, taking care of the critical details that make it easier for schools to run, teachers to teach, students to learn and fans to celebrate. A leading provider of education technology, services and physical and digital content, Follett currently works with 70,000 schools and operates more than 1,250 local campus stores and 1,600 virtual stores. With the 2016 acquisition of Baker & Taylor, LLC, Follett's reach also extends into the public library and global retail markets. Today Follett Corporation is the world's largest single source of books, entertainment products, digital content and multi-media for libraries, schools and retailers. Follett is a $3.6 billion privately held company headquartered in Westchester, Illinois.
About the Astros Foundation:
The Astros Foundation (TAF) is the official 501(c)(3) team charity of the Houston Astros. TAF seeks to harness the passion of baseball fans to support youth baseball and softball programs throughout the Greater Houston Area. Our cornerstone initiatives include the Community Leaders program, the Astros MLB Youth Academy and the Astros RBI Program (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities).
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