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What started as a Facebook post asking for children's book donations for Hurricane Harvey victims, quickly turned into an overwhelming outpouring of community support. Julie Soisson, formerly of Saline, teaches Kindergarten in Katy, TX. While her school suffered manageable flood damage from Harvey, other schools around her lost all of their library books and teaching materials. Julie reached out to a Saline family friend, Karen Viera, who posted the need on Facebook. This was quickly picked up by Lynne Kochmanski, a volunteer at the Saline District Library Corner Book Shop.
"I can't think of a better place to host a book drive than the library," said Kochmanski, a retired middle school teacher. After receiving permission from the library director, Mary Ellen Mulcrone, and soliciting the help of fellow volunteers at the Corner Book Shop, a donation display was set up in the lobby of the library. Over the course of 3 days, over 50 bags of books and teaching materials were collected.
"The support of the Saline Community has been overwhelming. Now we need to get the books to Texas," states Kochmanski.
After checking with the local UPS store, who offered a 50% discount on packing materials, and the USPS, where it was discovered there is a media mail shipping rate for books and educational materials, an estimate of $750 was calculated for packing and shipping the books. In order to raise funds to send the books to Texas, a GoFundMe site was created.
We need your help to get these donations into the hands of teachers and students. Please donate at:
https://www.gofundme.com/hurricane-relief-book-drive
Thank you.
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