August 1, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Tammy Dodderidge, communications
manager, (913) 279-2225
Ten books for every student is the goal of a Book Drive being coordinated by the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools (KCKPS), in partnership with the KCK Chamber of Commerce.
New and gently-used books, book gift cards and cash donations to purchase books are being sought to help build classroom libraries in every classroom in every school.
The drive, scheduled to take place August 1-10, is part of the district's "What Are You Reading?" initiative that focuses on creating programs, events, materials and conversations around reading.
"Reading is critical to our students' success, and we want to do anything we can to enhance their reading skills and foster their love of reading," said Dr. Cynthia Lane, superintendent of schools. "We are asking for the community's support in talking to our students about reading, praising their reading and supporting their reading through donations of reading material."
Several community organizations have offered their support to be collection sites for the Book Drive. Times and locations are as follows:
Also, as part of its annual Convocation on Tuesday, August 9 at Memorial Hall, KCKPS will be asking employees to bring new or gently-used books to donate to classrooms.
For more information on the "What Are You Reading" initiative, go to www.kckps.org/reading.
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