Rotaract Club of Birmingham School Supplies Giveaway Scheduled August 18

Saturday, August 18, three of the Birmingham Public Libraries—Avondale, Wylam, Southside—will serve as host sites for the 2012 School Supply Giveaway. The Rotaract Club of Birmingham will distribute school supplies geared toward kindergarten through fifth grade to more than 500 students, starting at 9:00 a.m. while supplies last. “Rotaract is pleased to put on this project, which makes a tremendous impact on our community. With great economic challenges still facing our community, many students do not have the basic supplies they need to help them begin the new school year. This project equips these students with what they need to be ready to learn from day one!”

Before leaving the library, use one of your essential school tools—a Jefferson County Library Card—to check out these books and more.

The Berenstain Bears Go to School by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come! by Nancy Carlson
I am Too Absolutely Small for School by Lauren Child
Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping by Eileen Christelow
First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg
Back to School Tortoise by Lucy George
This is the Teacher by Rhonda Gowler Greene
Lunch Bunnies by Kathryn Lasky
Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London
Louise the Big Cheese and the Back-to-School Smarty-Pants by Elise Primavera

Carla Perkins
Avondale Library