My Giving Story: Tara Keller
Chris McGilvery Chris McGilvery

My Giving Story: Tara Keller

My Giving Story includes the many memories I have working with youth around the globe to give back to communities in need. It includes watching the many volunteers and community leaders of the Leaders Readers Network show up and work together to provide teachers and students supplies, book, and inspiration.

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My Giving Story: Meg Gilliam
Chris McGilvery Chris McGilvery

My Giving Story: Meg Gilliam

My giving story is about the incredible opportunity my students have to pay it forward, but in reality, my giving story really started the day I was born. I have always had a heart for giving; my love language is acts of service.

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My Giving Story: Tanya Martinez
Chris McGilvery Chris McGilvery

My Giving Story: Tanya Martinez

My Giving Story is about the amazing team I get to volunteer with at the Leaders Readers Network. Each educator and student who is a part of our network inspires me everyday to keep working to try and close the literacy gap.

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My Giving Story: Kami Collins
Chris McGilvery Chris McGilvery

My Giving Story: Kami Collins

My Giving Story is about growing leaders in our community. By providing teachers, school staff, and students with resources and support, we can continue to grow our current leaders and nurture our emerging leaders.

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My Giving Story: Tina Ward
Chris McGilvery Chris McGilvery

My Giving Story: Tina Ward

My Giving Story is about paying it forward to schools that are underfunded, and students who have had no choice but to attend these schools in such conditions.

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My Giving Story: Madison Coleman
Chris McGilvery Chris McGilvery

My Giving Story: Madison Coleman

My Giving Story is about teaching my students the value of literacy. I am able to share stories with my students that reflect their own life and experiences and I am able to share with them stories of individuals whose life is drastically different than theirs.

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My Giving Story: Stephanie Novicke
Chris McGilvery Chris McGilvery

My Giving Story: Stephanie Novicke

My Giving Story starts with my own love of reading. In my memory, it was the only school subject I was “good at”. In my memory, my house was filled with books as a child. I spent time during the summers with my Granny and she fostered that love of reading by having an established “rest time” every afternoon. I read through her collection of Nancy Drew and Little Women.

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My Giving Story: Ivory Bennett
Chris McGilvery Chris McGilvery

My Giving Story: Ivory Bennett

My Giving Story is about growth, leadership, and the interconnectedness of community. Since becoming a teacher ambassador for the Leaders Readers Network I have been able to connect with other teacher and student ambassadors who share my passion for volunteerism, literacy, and the merging of those two together.

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My Giving Story: Shareefah Mason
Chris McGilvery Chris McGilvery

My Giving Story: Shareefah Mason

My Giving Story is about going back to one of Dallas ISD most impoverished schools to be a part of a turnaround initiative to increase student achievement. I was a part of the initial turnaround and it brought me great joy to build the academic confidence of such AMAZING students.

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My Giving Story: Darin Iraj
Chris McGilvery Chris McGilvery

My Giving Story: Darin Iraj

My Giving Story is about the amazing team I get to volunteer with at the Leaders Readers Network. Each educator and student who is a part of our network inspires me everyday to keep working to try and close the literacy gap.

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#MyGivingStory rallied 615 student volunteers & provided 3,000 brand new books
Chris McGilvery Chris McGilvery

#MyGivingStory rallied 615 student volunteers & provided 3,000 brand new books

My Giving Story is about the impact I made through co-founding the Pay it Forward national project. It is about the 615 student volunteers rallied, the 3,000 brand new books provided, and the 3,000 service hours volunteers received. It is about rallying hundreds of individuals across the country to write words of encouragement to students who may need it during these trying times.

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#MyGivingStory for education equality and literacy for all
Chris McGilvery Chris McGilvery

#MyGivingStory for education equality and literacy for all

My Giving Story is about the teachers and students we work with. They inspire me, everyday. It is about their dedication to support their classrooms, schools, and communities. My Giving Story is about educators who are the heart and soul of our communities.

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