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February 13, 2006 —
The National Residence Hall Honorary will be collecting children's books for a local community elementary school until Tuesday, Feb. 21.
The book drive, which began on Monday, Feb. 6, is for a school that wishes to remain anonymous but is in dire need of new reading materials.
Heading this philanthropic endeavor is Angie Osika, who says the idea for the drive simply came to her while contemplating this year's charity project.
"March is National Reading Month, so I thought, 'why not get a head start and collect books in February?'" she says. "Everyone should have plenty of good books on hand. We're hoping to make that possible for some less fortunate kids."
NRHH is a collaboration of on-campus students in the top one percent of all the students living on campus. Each semester NRHH has two projects, a social event and a charity event. The organization is hoping for a big success with the book drive.
The NRHH does not have a set number of books that they are looking to collect.
"We're asking for anything and everything that people are willing to give," Osika says. As of Thursday, they had received no books at all. Osika is saddened by the student body's lack of participation, saying, "We're primarily a teacher's college. We should be more willing to help out kids' educations."
The organization is asking for new or gently used books that would be appropriate for children from kindergarten to the fifth grade. Osika suggests books like The Babysitter's Club, Goosebumps, and Where the Wild Things Are. Picture books are also acceptable.
Books can be dropped off at the Student Life Center, the Living Center North and South offices and the Sociology faculty offices on the second floor of the Regional Education Center.