UPS to Deliver $30,000 Worth of Books to United Way Community Schools and St. Luke's University Health Network

Students in the Lehigh Valley will be receiving the gift of stories this holiday season thanks to First Book and UPS. United Way Community Schools and St. Luke’s University Health Network’s Nurse-Family Partnership are the beneficiaries of this generous donation.
 
Drop Off: Wednesday, December 9, 2015
 

8:30 a.m.	Broughal Middle School  114 W. Morton St.  Bethlehem, PA 18015
10:00 a.m.	St. Luke’s University Health Network Nurse-Family Partnership 1404 Walters St., Bethlehem, PA 18015

 


First Book, a national non-profit organization providing new books to disadvantaged children, donated $30,000 worth of books from their home office in Kansas City, Mo. UPS generously transported the books to the Lehigh Valley, and John Ferguson, UPS employee and member of Teamsters 773, will be delivering the books to Bethlehem on December 9. Ferguson also represents the Knights of Labor, a motorcycle club that has participated with this project.
 
The Bethlehem Education Association has been instrumental in sorting the books based upon age groups, with student volunteers from Liberty and Freedom High Schools.
  
To date, First Book has distributed more than 135 million books and educational resources to programs and schools serving children from low-income families throughout the United States and Canada. First Book is working to elevate the quality of education by making new, high-quality books available on an ongoing basis and is guiding the publishing industry so that all children can flourish as readers.

United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley has set a community goal to increase the number of children reading at grade level, specifically third grade, by 50% by 2022. First Book and UPS’ focus on delivering books to children in need supports this mission and vision. Find out more about United Way Community Schools.

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