Glen Lake Community Library holds children’s holiday book drive

Press release

A special holiday tradition continues as the Glen Lake Community Library kicks off its eleventh annual call for children’s books on Nov. 14. The Friends of the Library, in cooperation with Glen Lake School’s “Parenting Communities” program, are once again collecting donations of new children’s books for children whose families are in need of assistance this holiday season. Kathy Bartell, the coordinator for the “Parenting Communities” program for the Glen Lake Schools, compiles a “wish list” of boys and girls from preschool through age 11. She calls on groups such as Head Start and the Glen Lake Elementary School as well as her own “Parenting Communities” program for names of families that need assistance.

Any family can find itself in hard times and the goal is to make sure the children still have holiday joy in the form of a special book. The list is available at the Glen Lake Library in Empire and at the Cottage Book Shop in Glen Arbor. Donors are asked to purchase a book for a child on this list and deliver it gift-wrapped to the library by Dec. 12. The Cottage Book Shop will kindly provide a 20 percent discount on any books purchased for this program. Last year, over 200 books were donated — almost double the number from the previous year. The list grows longer every year, so please help us bring the joy of books to these children for the holidays. Donations collected for the book drive will directly benefit our local community, so your gift will make a real difference right here at home. Thank you for your continued support.