By Sarina Smith Nowadays, an active and engaging social media account plays a key role in helping spread the word in an efficient way. Our social media teams, like Instagram and TikTok, have been making content for On the Same Page Boston in order to raise awareness for our mission. On these platforms, engaging through commenting, liking, and sharing helps boost views and motivates others to donate books.  For example, Amnesty International, a human-rights non-governmental

By Rina Laby This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Boston Public Library will be holding its bimonthly City-Wide Friends Book Sale at the Copley Square branch.  At the same time, in 2022, 58%  of Boston public schools’ lacked their own full-time libraries with staff. This is mainly due to a lack of funding  at many schools that can't afford to maintain these facilities. This is why On The Same Page is collecting books—because we believe that all students in Boston deserve

By Sarina Smith For about a decade, there has been a steady decline in reading skills, noted by the U.S. National Assessment of Educational Progress Long-Term Trend Reading Assessments. Recent factors like the pandemic and screen usage have been blamed as the cause, but there is no definitive correlation yet because the decline started in the mid 2010’s. Whatever the cause, higher literacy rates are a vital part of students' success. According to the National Literacy Inst

By Rina Laby The team members of On The Same Page Boston mostly consider themselves readers. If not now, every member at least has a favorite childhood book that they recall fondly.  For collateral team member Courtney, “Projekt 1065” by Alan Gratz was most memorable. The book is a historical fiction novel about a young Irish boy who lives in Nazi Germany and works as a spy for the Allies within the Hitler Youth. A tale of great courage, it still sticks with Courtney today. 

By Sarina Smith Jazlyn Compton is a dedicated student who is part of our collateral team. She is a passionate advocate for young women and children, taking on roles at nonprofits whenever she can. “The reason I wanted to join collateral is because I've done some management projects with other nonprofits like Susan G. Komen, Turn Up Activism, Girl Up, and DemocraShe,” Jazlyn told me. “For DemocraShe, I was a student mentor and a regular volunteer, which meant that I would ment

Rina Laby and Sarina Smith On The Same Page Boston’s team  is passionately motivated  by various different things. Some of us may remember how reading impacted us as kids, and some are inspired to improve reading statistics in Boston Public Schools.  As we begin working this semester, our class has divided into groups and is eager to get to work as a team!.The two students working on TikTok, Timi and Mathew, are excited to breathe new life into the social media platform by ma

On behalf of our class and the Ohrenberger school, thank you so much for a wonderful close to our fall semester. For the past three months, our class took on the challenge of collecting books for the Ohrenberger’s library. During the journey we met with some of the kids who had received books already. When we visited, kids had a ton of great things to say about the library. Books really do impact kids so much!  For us, it’s about the journey as much as it's about our fundrais

Giving Tuesday and why book donation is important throughout the whole year.

Tam Silverman November 18th, 2025 As On the Same Page continues to campaign for an accessible library in the Beethoven Ohrenberger School, we have to pay major attention to the political climate that surrounds the schools here in Boston. Luckily, Mayor Wu did a condensed and accessible review of the state of Boston public schools in her 2025 State of the Schools Address . Here are some highlighted challenges, successes, and goals the greater Boston community faces recapp

Tam Silverman November 4th, 2025 Here at On the Same Page, we’re all about bringing books to kids who deserve them. If you’re feeling inspired by the work that we do, but aren’t located nearby, why not start a free little library in your community?  Perhaps you’ve seen them dotted around your city as you walk by. Usually situated on a sidewalk or near a park, these little libraries have a “give or take” model that allows people to give their old books in exchange for some new

What is the impact of On the Same Page Boston, and what are we aiming to do?

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