Here are links to news stories on Ethan and ECBC!
September 2023: Co-founder Ethan receives the Superhero of Tustin Award for his “passionate work to help others and improve our community”. This award after nearly eight years of Ethan’s work to raise books, funds, and awareness in the community, and he was proud to be the only kid (teen) honored at this event.

October 16, 2019: Thank you to Vicky Nguyen from Spectrum 1 News for featuring Ethan’s story/ECBC. Click here to check out the brief story clip!
September 3, 2019: CHOC Children’s Hospital recognizes Ethan/ECBC for the first time since we launched ECBC! Click here to check out CHOC’s post that went on social media.
March 6, 2018: Thank you VoyageLA for highlighting Ethan & Choco’s Book Club. Click here to check out their piece!
January 20, 2018: Here’s a pretty terrific short documentary created by Orange County School of the Art’s 11th grader Brett Kim. Click here to check it out!
November 25, 2016: ECBC’s first publicity! Article on the front page of the Orange County Register titled “Tustin Boy Spreads the Healing Power of Books. Click here for the article.
