Libraries Ltd. donated $2500 to Chaparral High School’s Club RIF (Reading is Fundamental). These funds were used to purchase over 300 new books for students at St. Peter Indian Mission School near Phoenix. Libraries Ltd. board member Pat Heck founded Club RIF at Chaparral, and has been overseeing book distributions at St. Peters School for many years.
Libraries, Ltd. Phoenix group, working in cooperation with Kids Need to Read, donated $1000 in October to the Page Public Library. Funds provided by these two organizations, along with donations from various publishers, resulted in the addition of 1003 new books for the Page library.
A student at Roadrunner Elementary School in Tucson checks out one of the 37 new books donated to the school library by the Tucson group. These books were selected by librarian Caroline Wagner in response to student requests.
The Phoenix group donated books to Encanto Elementary Speech Therapy Room. Teacher Jennifer Robins said, “I use them during language lessons to ask specific questions, make predictions about what will happen next, introduce new vocabulary words, and spark discussions about the pictures and story.”
Moon Mountain Elementary School Library in Phoenix received funds from Libraries, Ltd. to purchase 96 copies of The 13 Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths. The grant allowed each student to receive a copy of the book, enabling them to participate in the school’s Fourth Grade Book Club.
The Tucson group donated over 200 books to a holiday drive sponsored by AVIVA Children’s Services. The books were distributed to youth in foster care throughout southern Arizona.
