Fostering Literacy among Youth Book Drive
Our advisory recently sponsored a school-wide book drive in partnership with the middle school Black Student Association to support the program Fostering Literacy among Youth (F.L.Y.). This is an organization that brings books to children ages 10-18 at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, located in Chicago, IL.
We spent two weeks making flyers, creating book drop sites, collecting and counting the books, and then packing them for transport. The various ways students chose to spread the word was impressive: one student wrote an announcement for the school bulletin, another put an announcement in her bulletin at her church, and yet another approached teachers who were carrying out "spring cleaning" in their rooms. Our collective efforts made the book drive a huge success--we collected a final total of 929 books!
Collecting books...
and more books...
counting and packing the books for transport!
We spent two weeks making flyers, creating book drop sites, collecting and counting the books, and then packing them for transport. The various ways students chose to spread the word was impressive: one student wrote an announcement for the school bulletin, another put an announcement in her bulletin at her church, and yet another approached teachers who were carrying out "spring cleaning" in their rooms. Our collective efforts made the book drive a huge success--we collected a final total of 929 books!
Collecting books...
and more books...
counting and packing the books for transport!posted by Charlotte Jacobs at
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