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Wayne-Westland teachers loved receiving the new books for their classrooms.
Brooke’s books benefits

students of all ages

By Carolyn Marnon wishlist available for books she
“Community Circle’s first literacy hoped donors would purchase.
campaign is coming to an end! We Brooke also asked for used books.
were able to help all ranges of Each book that was donated has a
grades,” organizer Brooke Johnson nameplate inside the cover listing
exclaimed. “This week I will be pack- the donor.
aging and delivering the books to the Brooke was able to collect
schools that answered my email that enough books to give to the nine
I sent out.” Wayne-Westland schools that re-
With the generous donations of sponded to her outreach. “Two
community members, Brooke, a stu- books for each class, leaving me with
dent at Wayne Memorial High School, extra books that will potentially go to
was able to obtain books for kinder- Stottlemyer to hopefully start their
garten through 8th grade teachers love for reading at a young age.”
for their classrooms. With her goal reached on this
Once those had been sorted and project, it is time to wait and see
packaged, she started looking for do- what this young future leader has up
nations to help her fellow high her sleeve for her next community
school students. She had an Amazon campaign.

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