McGinnis Sisters Taking Part in ‘We Can Read!’ Project to Honor Sandy Hook Victims
Books may be dropped off at the grocer’s locations in Adams Township, Monroeville and Brentwood.
McGinnis Sisters Special Food Stores is teaming up with the Student Nonprofit Alliance at Slippery Rock University and local libraries to collect books in honor of the children and teachers killed during December’s shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. The program, called We Can Read!, asks participants to purchase a children’s book, read it to a child and then donate the book to the We Can Read! project. The books then are sent to regional child-serving organizations, including Head Start programs, day care centers, elementary schools, children’s libraries and other similar programs. The Student Nonprofit Alliance began organizing the project last month with the help of Alice Del Vecchio, an assistant professor of …
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