Kamloops kicks off January literacy campaign
KAMLOOPS — It doesn’t get much better than sitting on Mom’s lap and reading a good book, at least not for five year-old Macy Doll.
She and her Mom, Maureen, were at Kamloops Honda Saturday to Heap the Honda with new and gently used children’s books. Reading is a big part of family time for Maureen and Macy. “One of her favourite things to do is just to sit there and listen to us read story, after story, after story, after story,” said Maureen, who is the co-ordinator of the Kamloops Early Language and Literacy Initiative, or KELLI.
This is the 7th annual edition of the Heap the Honda book drive. All books donated will help stock the 22 Bright Red Bookshelves found throughout the city. Fiona Clare, with Literacy in Kamloops, says Heap the Honda has a simple goal. “The purpose of the project [is] to increase book ownership for all families; to make… good quality books accessible to all families, so that all children have books at home, that they can just go to at any time, and read, and just encourage that love of reading,” said Clare.