Read and Raise 2022 Recap
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Read and Raise 2022
For our annual board challenge, the board chose the theme Read and Raise! This allowed teams to choose themes based on what the library offers and highlight their theme throughout the campaign. You can check out any of the titles they read at smcl.org.
They raised over $16,500 with online gifts, checks sent in by mail, and corporate matching. If you forgot to support your favorite theme or board member, there is still time. Each team created a goal to raise $6,000.
Team #Outsiders:
Focused on reading and sharing books that are/have been banned/censored. One member created a little free library and a QR code to make a donation. 
Raised $2,385
This team’s recommended book list:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck by Mark Twain
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
The Practice of Groundedness by Brad Stulberg
Graphic Novels & Young Adult Books
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
King and the dragonflies by Kacen Callender
Team #Barrier Breakers:
Focused on reading and sharing books with diverse authors/subjects. One member shared various books from diverse authors with their friends and family to highlight the wide variety of books they can check out at the library.
Raised $2,335
This team’s recommended book list:
Between the World and Me by Ta-nehisi Coates
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
The Good Immigrant Edited by Nikesh Shukla
Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Children’s Books
Equality Calls: The Story of Voting Rights in America by Magdalena Mora (and others)
Frida Kahlo and her Animalitos By Monica Brown
The Fearless Flight of Hazel Ying Lee by Julie Leung
Mulan: The Legend of the Woman Warrior by Faye-Lynn Wu
The Proudest Blue By Ibtihaj Muhammad
Team #MorethanBooks:
Focused on all the library offers other than books. One me
mber shared on social media about various non-book items they used.
Raised: $7,620
This team’s recommended book (and other) list:
American Pastoral by Philip Roth (also a film you can check out)
CA State Parks Pass Program
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (also available on ebook and audiobook)
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
People we Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (also available on ebook and audiobook)
Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke
Thank you to everyone who donated and supported the teams.
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Together, we will ensure the continued strength of San Mateo County Libraries and invest in the power of books to enrich the lives of everyone in our communities. #investinsmcl #ReadandRaise #loveyourlibrary
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