Bookcases for Kids

In previous blogs, I’ve mentioned that by recycling your old printer cartridges, cell phones, laptops and video games with EECM, you can help at-risk Children and Youth in the East End. And although no one actually wrote to ask, I could telepathically sense your question wafting through cyberspace: How’s That?

Well I’m glad you asked. I am pleased to announce EECM’s latest creative endeavor to better the lives of the youth in our community – Drrrrrrruuuuum Rrrrrrollllll please.....
Bookcases for Kids!

At EECM, we believe in the importance and the power of reading and we want all of our community’s children to share in the joys of discovery and exploration that can be found in books. Through the Bookcases for Kids project, we will purchase a brand new bookcase for every child in our elementary school programs and stock it with a few age-appropriate “starter books” – the beginnings of their very own library. Very few of the children in our programs come from households filled with books; many do not have any books at all. But they will, thanks to Bookcases for Kids.

We have approximately 60 students in our elementary school programs so we need 60 bookcases and more than 300 books. Several of our member congregations have already pitched in to purchase and assemble bookcases and we will also use the funds raised by the Cartridges for Kids project to support this new undertaking.

If you would like to support Bookcases for Kids you can:
* Bring us your recyclable electronic gadgets!
* Make a financial donation directly to EECM (don’t forget to specify that you’d like your gift to support Bookcases for Kids).
* Volunteer your time to help assemble and deliver bookcases once purchased.
* Donate new or very gently used age-appropriate books.

For more information about the project and how you can get involved, please call 412-361-5549 ext. 411.