{"id":7093,"date":"2017-07-05T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/?p=7093"},"modified":"2017-07-02T19:21:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T23:21:03","slug":"community-book-drive-in-honor-of-cherished-librarian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/community-book-drive-in-honor-of-cherished-librarian\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Book Drive in Honor of Cherished Librarian"},"content":{"rendered":"

From our friends at the Charleston County Public Library…<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Book drive to support literacy in honor of Cynthia Graham Hurd<\/strong><\/p>\n

MEDIA CONTACT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reading Partners Charleston, SC<\/p>\n

Christine Messick, Community Engagement Manager<\/p>\n

843-830-3230<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0christine.messick@readingpartners.org<\/a><\/p>\n

WHAT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A month-long book drive in July to collect new and gently used children\u2019s books in Charleston area communities for distribution through the Reading Partners\u2019 network of tutors working in local schools with students needing to improve their literacy and reading levels. The books will help the students build a love for reading by having their own at-home libraries.<\/p>\n

\u201cReading Partners supplements in-school tutoring with a \u2018take reading home\u2019 component, which the book drive will directly impact. Each student enrolled in Reading Partners brings home more than 30 books per year,\u201d said Reading Partners Board Chairman Richard Star. \u201cThis is a practice that will further foster a love of reading in students, their siblings, and the rest of the family.\u201d<\/p>\n

WHEN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The entire month of July 2017.<\/p>\n

HOW (to get involved):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Donate, donate, donate! Residents are urged to drop off new or gently used children\u2019s books for students in kindergarten through fifth grade at six Charleston County Public Library locations.<\/p>\n

WHERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Drop off points are located at six Charleston County Public Library\u2019s branch libraries:<\/p>\n

Dorchester Road Regional Library<\/strong>
\n6325 Dorchester Road, North Charleston,\u00a0843-552-6466<\/a><\/p>\n

Hurd\/St. Andrews Regional Library<\/strong>
\n1735 N. Woodmere Drive, Charleston,\u00a0843-766-2546<\/a><\/p>\n

John<\/strong>\u2019<\/strong>s Island Regional Library<\/strong>
\n3531 Maybank Highway, John\u2019s Island,\u00a0843-559-1945<\/a><\/p>\n

Main Library<\/strong>
\n68 Calhoun Street, Charleston,\u00a0843-805-6930<\/a><\/p>\n

Mt. Pleasant Regional Library<\/strong>
\n1133 Mathis Ferry Road, Mt. Pleasant,\u00a0843-849-6161<\/a><\/p>\n

Otranto Road Regional Library<\/strong>
\n2261 Otranto Road, North Charleston,\u00a0843-572-4094<\/a><\/p>\n

Drop off points at four Mellow Mushroom locations:<\/p>\n

Mellow Mushroom North Charleston<\/strong>
\n4855 Tanger Outlet Blvd., North Charleston<\/p>\n

Mellow Mushroom Summerville<\/strong>
\n1306 North Main St., Summerville<\/p>\n

Mellow Mushroom West Ashley<\/strong>
\n19 Magnolia Rd., Charleston<\/p>\n

Mellow Mushroom Charleston<\/strong>
\n309 King St., Charleston<\/p>\n

WHO:<\/strong><\/p>\n

About the Cynthia Graham Hurd Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cynthia Graham Hurd was one of the Mother Emanuel Nine \u2013 the church members killed during a prayer service in June 2015. Cynthia was also a lifelong Charleston resident and 31-year librarian with Charleston County Public Library. The Cynthia Graham Hurd Foundation for Literacy and Civic Engagement was established to continue Cynthia\u2019s work and legacy of engaging the community through her love and appreciation for reading. As a librarian, Cynthia stirred a passion for reading across generations and literary genres. The Foundation works the way Cynthia lived her life by advocating for the expansion of literacy and availability of books to everyone.<\/p>\n

About Reading Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reading Partners empowers students to succeed in reading and in life by engaging community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring. Thanks to the dedication of more than 14,000 volunteer tutors in Charleston, Charlotte and across the nation, the national non-profit Reading Partners organization provides one-on-one tutoring to more than 10,000 students to help bring them up to their reading level \u2013 making an important shift from learning to read to reading to learn. Reading Partners has a proven track record of success. For more information, visit\u00a0readingpartners.org<\/a>, or connect via LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook.<\/p>\n

The book drive is being held in partnership with Charleston County Public Library, Live5 News, Wells Fargo and Mellow Mushroom.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From our friends at the Charleston County Public Library…   Book drive to support literacy in honor of Cynthia Graham Hurd MEDIA<\/p>\n

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