Over the next few weeks my National Honor Society students will be running a book drive for Bridge of Books [501(c)3], which is a local grassroots organization whose mission “is to provide an ongoing source of books to underprivileged and at-risk children throughout New Jersey in order to support literacy skills and to encourage a love of reading.” Our focus will be on collecting new and like-new YA books that feature diverse characters because #WeNeedDiverseBooks and the teen population is historically under-served in most of the organization’s book drives.
Bridge of Books is a fantastic organization that serves children and schools all over New Jersey. They stock classroom libraries, which is a cause near and dear to my heart. They also distribute books through more than 100 agencies across NJ, through the NJ Youth Corp, directly to children through schools and community outreach events, and to adult correctional facilities (to…
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