Children�s Book Drive to Benefit Southern University of New Orleans
This holiday season, the Swarthmore College Library is sponsoring a book drive to help rebuild the children’s literature collection at the Southern University of New Orleans, which was completely destroyed by flooding in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The Swarthmore College Library has partnered with the Southern University of New Orleans through the American Library Association’s “Adopt-A-Library” program, which benefits libraries in the Gulf region that were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
Please drop off new or gently used books in collection boxes located in McCabe, Cornell, and Underhill libraries. Newbery, Caldecott & Coretta Scott King award books and African American children’s literature are especially needed, but any books that you or your family have enjoyed are welcome. Children's books, rather than young adult literature, are requested. Lists of award-winning books are available at: http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/awardsscholarships.htm
If extra duplicate copies of books are received, they will be donated to children’s reading charities in Chester, PA
Money donations to help with the cost of shipping are also gratefully accepted. If you would like to support the book drive this way, please write a check payable to the Swarthmore College Library and send via campus mail to Ann Cary, McCabe Library (any extra money will be used to buy books).
Donations will be accepted until December 17th.
For more information contact: Ann Cary, Reference and Instruction Intern, 610-957-6107, acary1
