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Donating 10,000 books to The Book Fairies Champions Martial Arts actively participates in numerous donation events with Operation The Book Fairies, a nonprof- CR, exemplifying the imporit organization dedicated to tance of giving back to the compromoting literacy by distribut- munity. Operation CR Inc. has a mising books to under-resourced communities, received an sion to use martial arts and its students to provide incredible donation resources for chilon Oct 19. dren in need, Over 10,000 including medical books were generc a r e, f o o d , a n d ously donated by other essentials. the organization, The organization O p e r at i o n C h i l d believes that marRescue Inc., a nontial artists should profit spearheaded not only learn selfby William Dobie, defense techniques the CEO committed b u t a l s o u n d e rto providing stand the value of resources to chilgiving back to their dren and families communities. in need. The book drive The collaboraevent, from Sept. 18 tion between Operto Oct. 18, marked a ation CR Inc. and significant expanChampions Martial sion of Operation Arts International, EIlEEN MINoGuE CR’s efforts. While a chain of martial executive director, they typically focus arts organizations The Book Fairies on collecting food, with locations in clothes, and toys, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island and Long Island this was their first book drive event, and it proved to be a treproved to be a massive success. The two organizations came mendous success, resulting in a together to host book drives in collection of 10,000 books. “Eileen was really surprised various locations to collect books for The Book Fairies. Continued on page 4
By MoHAMED FARGHAlY
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Freeport Homecoming 2023 Homecoming 2023 at Freeport High School was a vibrant celebration, uniting students, faculty, community members, alumni, and political representatives to show their school and town pride. See page 3 for more photos.
he drive was a resounding success, and we extend our heartfelt gratitude to every club that participated in this collection.