THE ROTARY Race for Literacy Book Drive took a little ‘breather’ recently at a Breathe-for-Books fund-raising yoga event held on the lawns of Devon House in St Andrew in association with Shakti Mind Body Fitness. The event was held in order to raise money for the Rotary Race to Literacy Book Drive, which is aiming to collect a record number of books during the Rotary’s District Conference, May 1-7.
While the project focuses on the donation of books, it is also aiming to raise a substantial amount of money to buy speciality children’s books from Scholastic, a publisher based in the United States, to fulfil a need of books aimed at children with learning disabilities such as autism. Funds will also be used to buy children’s books from local publishing partners … more
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