The Community Outreach Project gives members a chance use their resources and skills to enrich and provide support for a library or media center serving the public. Members get an opportunity to learn more about a segment of the local community that they may not always encounter. This year's Outreach project is the John Philip Sousa Middle School.
Located in southeast Washington, DC, the John Philip Sousa Middle School serves 400 students. 99% percent are African American. Many come from one-parent homes at best. Over 90% of the students are on the free or reduced lunch program. Over 25% of the student population are in the special education program.
The Sousa Library is aged with very old books and periodicals. Most of its books are outdated with copyright dates ranging from 1967 to 1975. The Library has four computers, one printer, and limited access to the Internet.
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What can you do?
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Raise Funds:
Ask if your employer, civic organization, or place of worship has a community relations program that gives grants to projects in the local community.
Send us a tax-deductible contribution.
Donate Books:
Ask your organization if they would offer free or reduced rate publications for school children.
Hold mini-book drives to collect "gently-read" young adult fiction.
Lend Your Skills:
Help to weed the collection.
Assist the Sousa Librarian to automate the collection using Follett software.
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