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Random House Donates $1 Million to First Book
Random House, Inc. has announced it will donate $1 million dollars to First Book, the national non-profit literacy organization. The biggest single philanthropic contribution in the publisher's history will enable First Book to further its mission "to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books." Since it was established in 1992, First Book has distributed more than 50 million new books to children in more than 3,000 communities large and small across the U.S. First Book aims to build a grassroots network of lifetime readers throughout the U.S. with its future book distributions.In addition to its corporate donation, Random House has set up a First Book Matching Gift Program for its employees. The publisher will match any individual contribution up to $2,500. The company will also match contributions to First Book from authors, illustrators, vendors, suppliers, literary agents, and booksellers to a maximum of $1,000.