Heart Birthday Book Drive

Jan 20, 2025

Our first book drive was a success! This virtual book drive was hosted on an Amazon gift registry. Your generosity of over 100 books were hand-delivered to the Children’s Hospital of Colorado located in Aurora, CO (the Denver metro area).

The Leanna family (pictured avove: Colleen’s aunt Bridgett and cousins Sydney, Haley and her fiancée Amanda) organized this book drive to celebrate Colleen’s heart birthdays.

Colleen had two heart birthdays — her first on Jan 20 at age 3 and Jan 17 her second at age 20. Colleen and the Gleason family were always grateful for the donors and their families for their extraordinary decision to give the gift of life.

Colleen and baby Gianna share snuggles and books.

We all laughed and wondered if she’ll like science. Gianna is now 5 and loves books; thank you to Colleen!

We know from experience how precious sharing stories can be and the warm memories they create.

Poem by Bridgett Leanna (Colleen’s aunt):

Anyone who knew Colleen Gleason knows that she loved to read any book,

So in her honor a book drive for Children’s Hospital Colorado we took.

Family and friends sent their favorite childhood book,

And to Children’s Hospital Colorado they were all took!!

Thank you to the Leanna family and to our supporters for your generous donations to this Colleen Cares book drive. We’re sure you enjoyed choosing from all the books in our Amazon registry. Together we truly can make a difference in the lives of these children and their families.