1,000 Books Donated to MacArthur Middle School

Blue Star Families, an organization that helps military families, has donated 1,000 books to the students of MacArthur Middle School at Fort Meade, according to Anne Arundel County Public Schools.

One of the organization’s primary goals is addressing literacy issues in communities that have a concentration of military children.

Kate Pennington, Rent-A-Center Fellow Operation Honor Corps Manager, says, “We know from studies that they often lag behind their civilian counterparts. We hope your school would be able to gift these books to all students to spark a love of reading.”

Brenda Osborne, a sixth-grade teacher, is coordinating the distribution of the books.

“This is a wonderful opportunity for our school, and I am excited to get these books into the hands of as many kids as possible,” she said.

Learn more about the organization on its website http://www.bluestarfam.org/.