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Book drive nets 6,000 books

Coweta County elementary schools donated over 6,000 children’s books as part of National Make a Difference Day, organized by Coweta County School System’s Community Schools.

The books will be donated as needed to several local organizations for distribution to Coweta families, and some will even be translated into Spanish by Northgate students, to help Hispanic students and their families learn English.

“This is the second year for our book drive, and the response we’ve had this year is tremendous,” said Community Schools Director Alan Wood.  “The kids have really done a great job, and that’s thanks to support from the teachers and parents, too.”

Willis Road Elementary School led county elementary schools in donations, with 4,100 volumes given out of just more than 6,000 books collected.  White Oak students gave more than 1,100 books to the book pantry Wood has established at the central Educational center, and students from the Performance Learning Center (PLC) have helped sort and catalogue the books is a part of several PLC students’ community service project.

Wood said the books will be used for a variety of other purposes, including donations to Angel’s House children’s shelter, the establishment of a community book pantry, and direct donations to students and families.  This year’s successful collection brought the pantry’s inventory up to 7,100 books available to local groups.  Those interested can call Wood at 678-423-2000.

“This has turned out to be a wonderful event, and it has energized students and parents to get involved and make a difference,” said Wood.  “And it fills so many needs, so we will keep this as an ongoing effort and will hold a similar drive for each Make A Difference Day.”

Students at Willis Road Elementary School collected over 4,000 children’s books for the annual Coweta “Make a Difference Day” book drive.  From left to right are top-collecting students from each grade, including Adam Woods (fifth grade), Alissa Chappell (second grade), Keianna Ferrell (third grade), Grant Thom ((kindergarten), Lauren Washington (first grade), Nick Whatley (fourth grade), with Willis Road principal Charles Smith behind.