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Rotary’s Wide World of Books Project Donates 24,000 Books to Spread the Word Nevada: Kids to Kids and Sets Guinness World Record
Henderson, NV – Spread the Word Nevada: Kids to Kids, nonprofit children’s literacy project, is a recipient of 24,000 books donated by Rotary International, Rotary’s Wide World of Books project, co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times’ Reading by 9 program. Rotary members collected over 242,000 books at the LA2008 Rotary International Convention in Los Angeles, California. The Southern California and Southern Nevada Rotary Clubs hosted the convention in June. According to the Rotary International News, A Guinness World Record for the “Most Books Donated in Seven Days,” was set with help from Rotary members worldwide (visit: www.rotary.org). Kids to Kids is one of the programs recently selected to benefit from this international book drive.Past District Governor, Charles M. Barr, of District 5300 Rotary International in Temple City, California facilitated the book drive donation to Spread the Word Nevada: Kids to Kids. Local elementary schools in Southern Nevada, deemed at-risk, will benefit from this donation. At-risk schools are determined by weighing in factors such as reading scores, academic progress, and socioeconomic status during the Kids to Kids’ school adoption process. The goal is to adopt two at-risk Clark County schools every year. To date, Kids to Kids has adopted 16 elementary schools.
Kids to Kids, a flagship program of Spread the Word Nevada, Inc., a nonprofit, 501(c) (3) corporation, serves at-risk children and helps them create home library collections of books to read and share with family members. Since 2001, Kids to Kids has distributed more than a million books to over 100,000 children in the Las Vegas Valley and Clark County School District. Please contact (702) 564-7809 or visit http://www.SpreadtheWordNevada.org to learn more about Kids to Kids.
Spread the Word Nevada, Inc.
Kids to Kids
260 E. Desert Rose Drive, Henderson, NV 89015
Contact: Lisa Habighorst, Executive Director
(702) 564-7809
info@spreadthewordnevada.org
http://www.spreadthewordnevada.org
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