Members and guests donated 73 new and used children's book for the Laura Bush Book Project, No Child Left Behind. More than 100 books were donated to the Library Foundation. Project bookplates were added to each book. We are asking for additional book donations at our next general meeting. Grandma supplies quilts, backpacks, personal care products, toys, books and beds to thousands of needy children each year.
Republicans do care.
We are kicking off our literacy programs for the North East Florida area on Sept. 7. We expect Gov. Jeb Bush to be the keynote speaker at a lunch sponsored by the North East Florida Literacy Council. Our program has two parts. The first part consists of visiting new mothers in hospital maternity wards. We are giving them books and emphasizing the importance of reading to their children.