What's it all about?
The goal of the Flamingo Book Club is to encourage a love of reading, and increase access to books, by offering a free book once a month to elementary-aged children, their families and educators.
To accomplish this goal, the FBC partners with elementary schools and libraries.

Flamingo Book Club During the School Year
The Flamingo Book Club launched its book giving program in Peakview School January 2023. Each month, every student picked a book to take home. This program continued on through the end of the school year in May. The Flamingo Book Club gave approximately 1,300 books to students during 5 months. We’ve continued with this program this school year at both Peakview Elementary and Gardner Valley School. During the months of September and October, FBC gave 480 books to students in both schools. 
Mrs. Flamingo attends events throughout the year, offering face painting and free books. Some examples of recent events are Oktoberfest, Gardner Valley Color Run, and the Dorcas Costume Contest.
We are starting library storytime visits to offer free children's books during the storytime and will provide books to those libraries to offer during their future children's programs.
These amazing feats were accomplished with the help and generous donations of friends, colleagues and donors.
 
Flamingo Book Club During the Summer
The FBC also works with libraries and local businesses to continue to offer books throughout the school year, and even during the summer months.
This summer, 2023, FBC created a number of outreach programs:
The Flamingo Book Club started a Storytime at the Walsenburg Mercantile. Once a month, kids listen to Mrs. Flamingo, read a story, and watch a movie related to the book. During the Storytime, children and their families are encouraged to choose a book to take home.
The FBC partners with Spanish Peaks Library. During their Friday Storytimes, kids and their families are offered books to keep through the Flamingo Book Club program.
The FBC offered books to all of the kids who attended Mrs. Flamingo’s art classes this summer at the La veta School of the Arts. 
The Flamingo Book Club also gave books to all the kids who attended SCCY's STEM science experiment classes this summer.
The Walsenburg Mercantile now has a Flamingo Book Club "little library" where people can take a book or leave a book.
 
Link to website: https://www.flamingobooksclub.org/