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Photo fo the Day: Our Lady of Perpetual Collects 11,357 Books For Charity
The elementary school hosted an all-time record drive on Jan. 31 for local non-profit Bernie's Book Bank
students collected an all-time record for most books in a single drive for area non-profit on Jan. 31.
"Over a period of two weeks, OLPH collected an astonishing 11,357 books that will be redistributed to area at-risk children," according to a press statement from OLPH.
Led by 4th grade students, the project originally aimed to collect 10,000 books.
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“Collecting books was a way for the kids to come together as a community to help another community of kids,” said Beth Kurtzweil, a parent service project coordinator for the drive. “I heard them say things like, ‘That was my favorite book. I didn’t want to give it up, but I know it’s going to someone else who will love it as much as I did.’”
The thousands of books were then processed and ready for distribution within five days.
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