Our History
The impact of this campaign is both immediate and ongoing - allowing generations of children access to diverse books.
Fall 2024 Campaign
Emerson's nonprofit class partnered with the Mather Elementary School in Dorchester during Fall 2024. 380 books were donated. The Mather School is the first public elementary school in the United States.
Spring 2024 Campaign
Emerson's nonprofit class continued its partnership with the Henderson Inclusion School in Dorchester. Donations dropped off at Boston Tatte locations brought in 600 gently used books for the Henderson School.
Fall 2023 Campaign
In Fall 2023, Emerson's nonprofit class began working with the Henderson Inclusion School in Dorchester to provide new, teacher-selected books to support high-need students. With the generous support of the Emerson and Boston communities, the team donated over 450 books for the Henderson Inclusion School.
Spring 2023 Campaign
In Spring 2023, Emerson's nonprofit class continued working with the Samuel Adams Elementary School, this time we collected gently used book donations. Thanks to your donations, students now have an additional 1500 books and 70 board games.
Fall 2022 Campaign
In Fall 2022, Emerson's Nonprofit class began working with Samuel Adams Elementary School in East Boston to provide new, teacher-selected books to the students in need. By the end of the semester, the team had collected and donated over 600 books for Samuel Adams Elementary students.
Spring 2022 Campaign
In Spring 2022, Emerson's Nonprofit class continued its work with Thomas Edison K-8 School to continue collecting books for its first library. This time, gently-used age appropriate books were donated to the school. Tatte Bakery and Cafe, the Oak Street YMCA, Cafe Mirror and Emerson College hosted donation bins. 1800 books were donated.
Fall 2021 Campaign
In Fall 2021, Emerson's Nonprofit fundraising campaign class worked with Thomas Edison K-8 School to help build its first library. The Emerson students worked to gather diverse and inclusive books that would represent all the students at Thomas Edison, ending the campaign having gathered 400 books.
Spring 2021 Campaign
In Spring 2021, Emerson's Nonprofit fundraising campaign class worked with Excel High School in South Boston. The Emerson student team launched this campaign which resulted in 450 new diverse and inclusive books being donated by supporters.
Fall 2020 Campaign
In Fall 2020, students in Emerson College's Nonprofit Fundraising Campaigns class worked with McCormack Middle School in Dorchester to provide them with 360 books that reflect the student population.
Spring 2020 Campaign
In 2020, the class worked with New Mission High School in Hyde Park. Four students from NMHS worked with the class to create engaging videos in which the students explained the need for inclusive books. The campaign resulted in 375 books being donated to the school. As the campaign took place during COVID-19, the books received were distributed to students at home by NMHS director Cory McCarthy.
Fall 2019 Campaign
On The Same Page ran its first inclusive book campaign supporting the George H. Conley Elementary School for its official launch. The campaign went live on April 2, 2019 and allowed supporters to donate books via a wish list to the school. Emerson College Nonprofit Fundraising Campaign students along with founder and professor Cathryn Edelstein collected 465 donated books for the elementary school students, far exceeding the goal.