Wicomico locations collecting books for underserved children

Dozens of local businesses in Wicomico County are pitching in to help out kids with a community book drive held by the public library.  The month-long event will go to help under-served children in the area.   

This is the second annual book drive.  It was established last year for the late S.U. professor, Dr. Ernie Bond.

There are about thirty locations across the county collecting new or gently used books.

The books collected are intended for children up to age eight, and will be distributed to Title I Schools, or other organizations across the county in need of the books.

"In Wicomico County, kindergarten-readiness is one of the factors that Board of Ed and the Wicomico Public Libraries really wants to focus on," says Courtney Armstrong, program and events coordinator for Wicomico Public Libraries.  "In the State of Maryland, we tend to fall in the last two to five of all of the counties in the state.  So we definitely want to help in any way we can by getting books into the hands of children."

Book drop-off locations include:

Asbury United Methodist Church
Christ United Methodist Church Crosspointe Church of the Nazarene
Faith Lutheran Church
ShoreCorps/PALS/Salisbury University
YMCA
East Side Deli
Planet Fitness
Community Foundation of Eastern Shore Coastal Hospice Wicomico Public Libraries – Downtown Library, Centre Branch, Pittsville Branch
Rabbit Hole
Olympia Gym
James M Bennett High School
Parkside High School
Wicomico High School
Mardela Middle & High School
Wicomico County Public Schools Central Office
Peninsula Regional Medical Center
2018 SBY Marathon
Rotary Club of Salisbury
MAC, Inc.
James M Bennett Middle School
Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce
United Way of Lower Eastern Shore
ACME Supermarket
City of Salisbury Visitors Center
City of Salisbury Government Office Building
Rotary Club of Salisbury-Sunrise
Blackwell Library, Salisbury University