Kids to Kids Distributes One Millionth Book:
Comedian-Magician Mac King Joins in the Celebration

September 15, 2008 - Spread the Word Nevada: Kids to Kids celebrated the distribution of its one-millionth book at an event on September 15 at Sunrise Acres Elementary School.

Comedian Magician Mac King, star of "The Mac King Comedy Magic Show" at Harrah's Las Vegas and a children's literacy advocate, made a special appearance at the celebration.

Sunrise Acres was the first school "adopted" by Kids to Kids in 2001.

Kids to Kids Executive Director Lisa Habighorst and King distributed the organization's one-millionth book to a lucky child, Utahlieya White (below).

King has been an ardent supporter of Kids to Kids since 2006.

Lisa Habighorst stated, "Reaching the one-millionth book distribution mark is a momentous milestone for us and we wouldn't have been able to accomplish this with out the support of the community and organizations that believe in the importance of children's literacy."

Quick Facts about the Million Books Distributed by Kids to Kids

The average size of donated books is nine inches long. If you laid all of the donated books end to end, the books would reach from Las Vegas, Nevada all the way to Area 51 in Arizona, 135 miles away. (That is 750,000 feet, or 142 miles, of books. A mile is 5,280 feet.)

If the average donated book has 91 pages, and a tree can produce about 50,000 pages, the Kids to Kids program of giving gently-used books to children has saved more than 1,800 trees!

If you stacked all the donated books (an average of half-an-inch thick) into a giant pile, the pile would be taller than 40 Stratosphere towers stacked on top of one other. (That is 41,666 feet of books. The Stratosphere is 1,049 feet tall.)

Kids to Kids has distributed more books than there are citizens of Fiji.

As stated, the donated books have an average of 91 pages each. If you sat down and read one page a minute, it would take you 173 years to read all of the distributed books. (Keep in mind, Kids to Kids is distributing more books every day.)

If you add up the weight of all the books Kids to Kids has donated, that weight would exceed 500,000 pounds, or 250 tons. The books would weigh more than two adult blue whales (they average 238,000 pounds) and more than a 747 jumbo jet (just 395,000 pounds). Our average book weighs eight ounces.

See tons of photos from this landmark event.

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