Target and First Book teamed up to give students at Wheatley Education Campus three free books each. In addition to the free books, students were also treated to a visit from characters like Dr. Seuss, and Clifford the Big Red Dog. This was part of a national effort to get books into the hands of low income children.
“We’re thrilled to have new books to give to kids to keep,” said Wheatley EC Principal Scott Cartland. “These are great books, great titles and [this program] enhances and supports what we’re doing around literacy. We’re grateful to Target and First Book for letting this happen.”
3,000 books went to Wheatley students, and 400,000 books have gone, or will go, to District students. The number is one million for the entire country.
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This is such a great story, I am so glad ANC Laskaris (5B08) put this out there.
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