The Boca Raton Public Library is donating approximately 125 books for both kids and adults, with representatives from the library handing out the books to families in the pick-up line on Thursday, July 15, from 9 am to 12:30 pm at 1500 NW 1st Court, Boca Raton, FL 33432.
This is the second book distribution that has occurred this summer. Prior to COVID-19, the Boca Raton Public Library would periodically host a “story time” reading program during BHH’s Thursday Night Family Dinners. With the BHH dining room not yet reopened for in-person dining, the library decided on the book donation as a way to continue their community involvement.
With the help of members of the Friends of the Boca Raton Public Library, a nonprofit volunteer organization that provides financial support to the library’s programming efforts, they are now able to donate books to BHH clients.
“Access to books, and especially books in the home, is so important to developing and maintaining strong reading skills,” said Shilo Perlman, Library Assistant (Events & Community Engagement) at the Boca Raton Public Library. “Some of our community members may not have the means to get to the library right now, so the Boca Raton Public Library and the Friends of the Library decided to bring the library to them!”
“We are so happy that our friends at the library have found a way to truly enrich the lives of families who are just trying to find a way to get by,” said Greg Hazle, Executive Director of Boca Helping Hands.
