(WXYZ) — One of the greatest predictors of a child’s success is books in the home.
Employees at WXYZ-TV and TV-20 Detroit, along with the Scripps Howard Foundation, have made it their mission to get high-quality books to children in our community through the "If You Give A Child A Book" campaign.
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This past summer, WXYZ-TV and TV-20 Detroit did a call-out for donations from employees and the community. With those collected funds and with a matching contribution from the Scripps Howard Foundation, we are now able to give more than 12,000 books to children in the community this year.
The book giveaway events started in January with the kickoff book drive taking place at King Academy in Mount Clemens.
Since then, we have traveled to Seminole Academy in Mount Clemens. We held a book fair for the students where every child at the school were able to pick out five brand new books to take home. We gave out 2,000 books alone that day.
We also visited Edison Elementary in Detroit, where every student was able to take home five books. About 3,500 books were distributed at the elementary school!
Today, we went to Schickler Elementary School in Lapeer to distribute books.
“I am so proud of the team at WXYZ-TV and TV20 Detroit, and our viewers, for opening up their hearts and their wallets for the children in our community,” said Mike Murri, WXYZ-TV & WMYD-TV20 Detroit vice president and general manager. “This campaign, year after year, continues to put thousands of new, age-appropriate books into the hands of kids throughout metro Detroit.”
In partnership with the United Way for Southeastern Michigan and Scholastic, WXYZ-TV is distributing the books at partner schools in the Detroit and metro Detroit area through various events and book drive-thrus. Books are chosen to be specific to each school and classroom.
Stay tuned to see stories of the campaign's impact both on-air and online.
If you'd like to give toward next year's donation drive, click the link below. We appreciate the community's support in this effort!
CLICK HERE TO DONATE ($5 = 1 Book)
Together, we can make a difference in our community. #GiveAChildABook
