Volunteers from Westerville Partners for Education (WPE) and Kiwanis of Westerville brought a very special birthday Book Bonanza! program to the Early Learning Center (ELC) on Tuesday, September 16. Teachers chose a book from the Book Bonanza! collection for each student who had celebrated a birthday over the summer months. WPE supplied enough books to ensure that all preschoolers will receive a book to commemorate their birthdays this year. The birthday Book Bonanza! program at the ELC aims to inspire students to develop a lifetime love of reading by encouraging them to bring the book home, discuss it, act out its stories with their families, and explore the illustrations.
Westerville Partners for Education and Kiwanis collect gently used books from Half Priced Books and from the community to create book distribution events at schools called Book Bonanza! McGraw Hill generously sponsors this program. There are thousands of used children’s books, in great condition, on shelves in homes and around town. Volunteers collect and repurpose these books, review them to ensure they are in good condition and the material is appropriate, research their Accelerated Reader level, and get them in the hands of kids in the Westerville City School District.
To learn more about Book Bonanza! and other Westerville Partners for Education programs (or to donate books!), please visit www.westervillepartnersforeducation.org , Facebook, or Twitter (@WVillePartners).