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Library getting boost of donated books Campaign by Yellowknife students sparked by MLA's visit to East Three
Shawn Giilck
Northern News Services
Published Thursday, July 4, 2013
INUVIK
The combined East Three schools are getting the chance to encourage more bookworms this fall.
Lorne Guy, a vice-principal at East Three Secondary School, is preparing to welcome some donated books from a Yellowknife campaign this fall. - Shawn Giilck/NNSL photo
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The school library will be the beneficiary of a load of donated books coming from a Yellowknife campaign, said East Three Secondary School vice-principal Lorne Guy.
He's grateful for the books, which were collected after word was spread by Yellowknife Centre MLA Robert Hawkins after a visit to the school last fall.
Guy said Hawkins thought the school's shelves were looking a little bare when the MLA visited, and that prompted Hawkins to take up the challenge.
He collaborated with Guy on the campaign, but Hawkins and the students in Yellowknife who took up the cause did almost all of the work.
Two St. Patrick High School students, Courtney Rocher, 16, and Jordan Ross, 16, started a campaign that collected some 1,500 books to be shipped North.
They went class to class asking fellow students for any books they had to give away, sent home letters from school, advertised on the school's TV screens and went out into the community.
Rocher said she enjoyed the task.
"It's satisfying helping other people," she said. "And in our religion class we learn how important it is to read."
"People were very generous and donated everything they had," said Karyne Daniels, a teacher at St. Patrick High School who helped the students organize the donations.
Guy said his input consisted mainly of requesting the books being sent from Yellowknife not be more than approximately 10 years old.
"It's a great initiative from Yellowknife," Guy said. "And we're grateful for what the kids in Yellowknife have done.
"The books will be put to good use in our school, although it wasn't vital that we had them," he said. "Our selection is good now, but these will help. A good variety of books is a vital part of education."
Hawkins will take care of transporting the books, some of which are destined for outlying communities as well. Guy said he expects them to arrive sometime in the fall.
– with files from Candace Thomson
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