Five Cub Scouts donate close to 600 books to promote literacy

Posted on March 18, 2018
Cub Scouts collected 575 books to donate to Books to Benefit. (Photo courtesy Pixabay)

By Crystal Donaldson

NORMAL – Five second grade Cub Scouts collected close to 600 books as their first community service project of the year.

Pack 3957 donated 575 books to the nonprofit organization Books to Benefit.

The pack said they wanted to promote literacy in the community.

President of the nonprofit, Jackie Langhoff, said Books to Benefit will donate proceeds from their semiannual book sale to STAR Adult literacy and YouthBuild McLean County literacy programs.

“We also try to re-hone books that are of scholarly value to academic and scholarly libraries across the united states,” she said.

The semiannual sale will take place June 14-17.

Crystal Donaldson can be reached at [email protected].

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