The Heart of America Foundation® participated in and coordinated a number of fun and exciting community events this spring.

In early April, working with more than fifty Cherry Blossom princesses from around the country and around the world, we visited with students at Cleveland Elementary School in Washington, DC. Cherry Blossom Princesses read to groups of students and distributed three new books for each child to take home. The Heart of America Foundation® also donated library books to Cleveland’s school library.

In May, HOA working with the National Association of Secondary School Principals and over 100 Prudential Spirit of Community Award honorees, events were held at Clark and Meyer Elementary Schools in Washington, DC. Prudential Spirit of Community Award honorees read to students at both elementary schools, and distributed 2,500 books for the students to take home. In preparation for this event, Prudential Spirit of Community honorees collected thousands of books to donate to DC area students.

Later in May, we helped Capital One kick off their Literacy Celebration Week with events in Richmond, Virginia; Framingham, Massachusetts, Dallas, Texas and Tampa, Florida. In Fairfax County, Virginia at Pine Springs Elementary School, students were treated to a performance by HOA Ambassador Rob Torres, and received three books each to take home.