On October 22nd, 2015, we partnered up with Turn the Page KC to collect books for local children throughout the greater Kansas City area.

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TOGETHER WITH THE KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY, WE COLLECTED OVER 8,000 BOOKS

These books will have a tangible impact on children and communities across the greater Kansas City metro area.  This wouldn’t have been possible without the support of our fantastic partners in charity, including but absolutely not limited to:

We also wanted to extend a special thanks to Mayor Sly James and his entire office for being such strong supporters of UberBOOKS.

30 minutes left to request your @Uber_KC #UberBOOKS pickup! We’ve got our books ready outside of City Hall!

— Mayor Sly James (@MayorSlyJames) October 22, 2015

booksThanks @Uber_KC for a speedy book pickup! We’re thrilled to get more books to KC kids! @TurnthePageKC #UberBOOKS

— Mayor Sly James (@MayorSlyJames) October 22, 2015

While we only collected book donations for a day, we’re moving Kansas City each and every day in pursuit of our mission to provide transportation as reliable as running water, everywhere, for everyone.

We look forward to continuing to work alongside community stakeholders to empower, enrich and connect Kansas City.

Enjoy the ride – and the reading – ahead,

-Team Uber KC

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ABOUT TURN THE PAGE KC:

The mission of Turn the Page KC is to mobilize the community to achieve reading proficiency at grade level or above for all third graders in Kansas City, Missouri. Turn the Page KC was founded by Mayor Sly James in 2011 as an initiative to raise the reading proficiency of third graders, which at the time as only 33%. Volunteer and community organizations began to rally around this mission. In 2015, test scores showed that 3rd grade reading proficiency in Kansas City is now at 49% and appear to be on the rise.