Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 07:45:39 -0400
From: Jaime Detzi
Subject: Don’t Forget: County-wide Book Drive to Benefit Elementary Students
The Chatham Education Foundation and the Chatham County Schools (as part of Chatham Reads) are operating a Chatham County wide book drive from April 25th through May 9th. We hope you can help! We can extend a few days, so please drop off when you can!
Why?
– Statistics show that two out of three children living in poverty do not have books in their homes (Source: National Center for Children in Poverty, 2013)
– More than 80% of children from economically disadvantaged communities can lose one to three months of reading skills over the summer. This can add up to 3 years of learning loss by the 5th grade leaving them lagging behind their more affluent peers.
How?
– CEF and CCS will host a free book fair at two elementary schools in June 2016. Virginia Cross Elementary hosts 98% of their students on the free-and-reduced lunch program and Siler City Elementary hosts 92% of their students on this program.
– The book fair will allow students to self-select books to read during the summer months.
How can you help?
– Donate gently used or new elementary school level books to our book drive on April 25th – May 9th. Please drop books off at any one of the 17 Chatham County Schools, the Central Office or McIntyre Books. New books can be purchased at McIntyre’s for a 20% discount.
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