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Reader To Reader Awarded Grant From Xeric Foundation
Amherst, MA – October 4, 2004 – Amherst-based literacy organization, Reader To Reader, Inc., has been awarded a $2,000 grant from the Xeric Foundation to support its work in bringing books to schools in the Pioneer Valley. The Xeric Foundation is a private, nonprofit corporation established by Peter A. Laird, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. “We are very grateful to Mr. Laird and the Xeric Foundation for helping fund the Western Massachusetts Book Project, which currently serves 15 Western Massachusetts schools, many located in inner-city Springfield and Holyoke,” says Reader To Reader’s executive director David Mazor. “These schools desperately need both books and classroom materials, and this grant will help us to replenish their school and classroom libraries.” Reader To Reader, Inc. is a public charity that donates books, free of charge, to under-resourced school libraries across the United States. The award-winning organization serves over 100 schools in 18 states by recycling used books that are in top condition so that they can find new homes in school libraries. For Further Information Contact:
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