Mundelein school's service club delivers books to kindergartners
To ensure students have access to books not only at school but also at home, the Carl Sandburg Community Service Club purchased and delivered books to all of the remote and in-person kindergarten students at Washington School in Mundelein.
To purchase the books, The Carl Sandburg Community Service Club hosted a virtual book drive and raised $655, surpassing their goal of $500.
"We decided to buy books for kindergartners in District 75 with our funds because we want to promote a love of reading within the Mundelein community. We thought a good place to start was with some of our youngest members," said Jane O'Malley, who advises the club along with Nicole Seibt.
"Growing lifelong readers is the goal of our community."
On April 27, The Carl Sandburg Community Service Club loaded up a bus with books to hand deliver to each kindergarten student. Remote students received their books during material pickup.
Carl Sandburg Middle School Principal Mark Pilut also helped with distributing books.
"I am so proud of the efforts put forth by the Community Service Club," Pilut said.
"It is awesome to see the smiles on the kindergartners' faces as they receive the books and the smiles on our middle schoolers' faces as they give them out."
As a surprise, the kindergarten students presented the Community Service Club members with handmade thank you notes and cards.
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