Our Latest Grant: Sponsoring a Visit by Best-Selling Author The Bolton Community Education Foundation has awarded a grant of $1,500 to help bring a New York Times best-selling author to Bolton in September 2009. Click here to read more.
Colors of the Mountain is a classic story of triumph over adversity and a memoir of a boyhood full of spunk, mischief, and love. The book has been compared to Angela’s Ashes and went on to become a New York Times bestseller. Da Chen, born in 1962 in Communist China during the Cultural Revolution, tells a story of his childhood growing up in a family of eight, struggling to attend school, and dealing with the harshness of being a member of the despised “landlord” class. This book is also the required summer reading for all BHS students. Da Chen has been featured in Newsweek, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Time Asia, NPR, CNN International, The Diane Rehm Show, CSPAN Book TV, and Fox News Channel. The author, who has been described as “an engaging, almost mesmerizing, speaker," will visit Bolton for two days in September. There will be a book discussion, reception and signing for the entire Bolton community on Monday, Sept. 14, from 6-8 p.m. at a location to be announced in the near future. Mark your calendar so you don't miss this exclusive author visit to our town. The author also will visit Bolton High School on Tuesday, Sept 15, to give a school-wide presentation that is also open to the community. Stay tuned... the Foundation is planning to sponsor other programs planned for this fall to help connect one of Connecticut’s smallest towns with the country that has the largest population in the world! Acknowledging Our 2009 Supporters The Bolton Community Education Foundation (BCEF) is grateful to the individuals, families and businesses below who have donated $25 or more a year to become 2009 supporters of the Foundation. We are pleased to say that we have 98 individuals or families or businesses who are now BCEF supporters! Click here to see the names of our 2009 supporters. If you'd like to become a supporter, please click here for a donation form. Book Collection Bin Benefits Our Foundation
Got Books is a national organization that collects books and then gives them away to schools, libraries, overseas troops, and groups in need. The organization also sells books and other items to benefit various charities. Each time the collection bin fills, Got Books sends a truck to empty it, and the Bolton Community Education Foundation receives cash for each pound of books donated. So far our total income from this venture has been nearly $1,000! The Foundation uses the funds to support programs and provide grants for the town. Got Books accepts all books in basic functional condition including hardcover and paperback books, children’s books, cookbooks, and limited copies of textbooks. Also accepted are CDs, DVDs, videotapes, and books on tape. The only reading materials not accepted are encyclopedias, magazines, newspapers, and catalogues. When you donate books, please give them a good toss so that the back of the bin fills as well. The Bolton Community Education Foundation is dedicated to the education of all residents of Bolton, Connecticut. Volunteers from the Bolton community serve on the Foundation's Board of Directors. The purpose of the Foundation is:
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