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Press releases
Library
hosts food drive for House of Hope
PRESS RELEASE DATE: Oct. 15, 2008
House of Hope and the Martin County Library System are collaborating on
an effort called “Hungry to Read” that will
include a food drive and a library orientation
event.
The first phase of the Hungry to Read collaboration is the food drive,
launching Oct. 20 at each of the Martin County
library locations.
Library visitors will be able to drop off donations of non-perishable
grocery items in the bright yellow crates
stacked in the lobby areas of each site: Blake
Library in Stuart, Hoke Library in Jensen Beach,
Robert Morgade Library in South Stuart, Hobe
Sound Public Library and the Elisabeth Lahti
Library in Indiantown.
Library representatives offered assistance after hearing about shortages
at House of Hope, the leading provider of food
to Martin County’s poor. The food drive will
answer an immediate need and later, the library
orientation event will help families tap more
resources to improve their lives.
House of Hope is particularly short of the following items but welcomes
donations of any non-perishable food and
personal hygiene products.
Scheduled for January 2009, Hungry to Read Phase 2 is a project
initiated by the Martin County Library System
and its Center for Reading & Literacy.
Phase 2 will include a special event at the Blake Library that will help
families become acquainted with the array of
services available to them. These range from
simply learning to look up a book, using the
copier and joining children’s activities to
attending citizenship classes, computer
instruction or English lessons.
This is a pilot project, and if successful, it would be expanded to
other House of Hope and library branches.
For more information about House of Hope, call (772) 286-4673, or visit
www.hohmartin.org.
For more information about the Martin County Library System, call (772)
221-1403 or visit
www.library.martin.fl.us.
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