Local school hopes community will help with book donations
St. Mary’s School is about to receive more books in its library with the Indigo Adopt a School Program.
The school’s librarian Christine Sawarin applied for the school to take part in Indigo’s 2015 Adopt a School program last year to raise money for new books. The school was chosen and came in eighth in the province. The school was chosen to participate in it again this year.
The program works a bit differently this year. Instead of just fundraising, people are able to choose different schools online and donate books through Indigo’s website. Along with donating a book, someone can share a story about the school and if Indigo chooses to highlight that story, the school will receive an additional free book.
Sawarin said the Adopt a School program is important because getting kids to start reading at an early age can help them later on in life.