The holiday season is tough for many families during an ordinary year, but this year it’s going to be even tougher for some.
Impact on Education set out to brighten the holidays for Boulder Valley School District children by hosting a book drive from Nov. 30 to Dec. 14, and its goal was to collect 1,500 books to stock the bookshelves at Share-a-Gift’s annual Holiday Toy Shop for BVSD families. Instead, the group collected more than 6,000 books in just two weeks.
“This community continues to amaze us,” said Allison Billings, executive director of Impact on Education. “We’re grateful people recognize how much students are struggling and that small gestures add up to really meaningful actions.”
Through the help of 12 dedicated Impact on Education volunteers and the staff, the collected books are being sorted and distributed this week.
About 2,000 of the new and gently used books will be distributed Saturday during Share-a-Gift’s toy distribution. The remainder are making their way to students with the help of BVSD librarians who are stopping by the Impact on Education office to “shop” for books to give to students at their schools this week.
Whittier Elementary is planning to distribute books to about 100 families at the school, and other local schools are also finding ways to get these books into the hands of children before winter break. Any remaining books will go to BVSD’s child care sites so students in the school age care programs have additional books to read during the day and at home.
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December 17, 2020 at 10:01AM
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