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Book ‘Em Gives Away Over 2,000 Books to Bruce Elementary Students
From movie-inspired paperbacks to award winning bestsellers, each of the 430 students get to pick out five books to take home. Bibb deputies also came out to help students pick up their summer books.
Downtown Alley Book Nook Summer Reading Kick-Off
Join us as we turn our downtown Macon alleys into book nooks. We will have free book giveaways for the kids from Book Em.
Book ‘Em 3rd Annual Santa in the Park
Book ‘Em was thrilled to participate in their 3rd “Santa in the Park,” event which is an annual outreach project of the Bibb Sheriff’s Office. Each year the Sheriff’s Office selects a public park to be the site of a pre-Christmas gift-giving event for children who...
Books given away at The Mentor’s Project of Bibb County’s Annual Fall Festival
During Bibb County Public School’s Fall Break, Book ‘Em, along with Deputies S. Smith and T. Nelson, gave away more than 100 brand-new books.
Book ‘Em Recognizes Community Helpers
Book ‘Em joined the Bibb Sheriff’s Office at a local daycare/Pre-K center for their special day recognizing “Community Helpers.”
Brookdale Elementary Students and New Books
Every Brookdale Elementary student took home five brand new books Thursday. The giveaway was hosted by nonprofit Book 'Em in partnership with the Bibb County Sheriff's Department. Andrea HonakerThe Telegraph Read more here: Brookdale students pick out five new books...
Bibb Sheriff’s Deputies call for Back-up for more Books!
Breaking news: Deputies from District 1 were out on patrol when they encountered several neighborhood children in need of books. The demand was so great, that they were forced to call in their Lieutenant, Sean Defoe, to bring them more books. This is how we Book ‘Em...
Behind the scenes at Book ‘Em
This is where the fun begins. Boxes of books, purchased at deeply discounted prices arrive and are unboxed. We then sort the books by age group, take inventory of them, and divide them up to be distributed to the Bibb Sheriff’s Office’s five districts. It is important...
Bibb Sheriff’s Office and Book ‘Em Deliver Books to Children Affected by Hurricane Matthew
These photos were taken at evacuation centers during Hurricane Matthew. We gave all of the children staying in each of the four Red Cross evacuation centers in Macon books. Approximately 100 books for children of all ages were selected by these children. We were told...