Katie Turney Memorial Book Fund
Keep Katie’s love of reading on Durant High School shelves
Each August, every gift becomes young adult books for the Durant High School library — over 1,100 titles since 2014.
Katherine “Katie” Turney · Aug 15, 1997 – Aug 16, 2013
Remembering Katie
Patron Katherine “Katie” Turney
Dates Aug 15, 1997 – Aug 16, 2013
Return Each August, on or around her birthday
Katie loved to read. This fund keeps that love in circulation — stocking Durant High School’s library so teenagers can find books they’ll actually carry home.
Every year, around Katie’s birthday, BreadAndBooks.org delivers the year’s gifts to the library. Your donation joins that August gift.
From the memorial shelf
Plaque, book section, and thank-you notes from Durant High School’s Katie Turney Memorial Book Fund.
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Memorial plaque -
Bookshelf -
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Katie’s section -
Book badge -
Thank you · 2014 -
Thank you · 2015
1,100+
young adult titles funded since 2014
$22,600 checked in across 12 Augusts — and counting.
- Durant High School library
- Annual August gift
- Volunteer-run 501(c)(3)
- EIN 82-4184537
Circulation desk
Stamp a year to peek at donation day. 8 presentation photos · 12 years on the log · same August tradition.
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Good to know
Where does the money go?
Straight to the Durant High School library as an annual gift of young adult books — delivered in August around Katie’s birthday.
When is the gift made?
Once a year, on or around August 15. Donations given throughout the year pool into that August delivery.
Is BreadAndBooks.org a real nonprofit?
Yes. We’re a volunteer-run 501(c)(3). EIN 82-4184537.
How much do I need to give?
Any amount helps. Gifts of every size add up to books students can check out and carry home.
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Volunteer-run · EIN 82-4184537 · In Katie’s memory for 12 Augusts and counting
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