Havens Elementary Book Drive for EBAC Huge Success!

Thank you to everyone who donated books for the 4th annual East Bay Agency for Children’ book drive. We don’t have an exact number of how many books were collected yet, but it took 3 SUV’s double stacked with books in order to carry all of the books away! Development director Julie West said, “We couldn’t be more grateful for the tremendous out pouring of books for families and schools with limited resources. It’s going to take EBAC staff a bit of time to fully distribute ALL these books, and we are so excited to bring the gift of reading to so many children and their families.”

Reading at home is one of the best predictors of academic success for children. Yet, many children in Oakland have few, if any, books at home. East Bay Agency for Children (EBAC) offers children living in these under-resourced neighborhoods many support services to help them achieve academic success. Books collected through Haven’s school-wide book drive will be distributed to these children so they, too, may read at home.

Havens Community Service Crew is proud that our students could contribute this much needed resource to the community. To learn more about us, email havenscrew@gmail.com