2020 LAN Book Drive - donations wanted!
Donations of pre-loved books suitable for children aged 4-12 are invited from all members of our College community until the end of term. All genres, styles and sizes are welcome - from picture books to novels, board books and graphic magazines. Donations will be collected into baskets and distributed to our local primary schools in our third annual LAN Book Drive.
Kayla delivering one of our first book baskets in 2018
The LAN Book Drive launched in 2018 as an initiative driven by Year 12 graduate Kayla. Her passion for reading and love of books inspired her to collect donations from our students, staff and families to give to children in our local community who may not have access to reading books at home. In the first year we packaged up seven baskets and delivered them to our closest primary schools, who were incredibly grateful and made use of them as class book boxes, as donations to families or as valued additions to their library collections.
In 2019 we were thrilled to collect enough books to fill 22 baskets that made their way to even more of our local primary schools. We were overwhelmed by the generosity of our community and are hopeful that we will be able to collect more books with the help of our 2020 Year 7 cohort too.
Books will be collected in pastoral time over the final weeks of school and all donations will be gratefully received. Please feel free to send in small bags or boxes of books with your daughter, or if you have lots of books that are difficult for her to carry, please contact Mrs McGillicuddy via the office to arrange a convenient drop-off or pick up time.
Claire McGillicuddy - English Faculty
