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Dream Big Book Drive More than 500 cars drove through Durham Central Park on Martin Luther King Jr. Day for Book Harvest’s 10th annual Dream Big Book Drive. Community members donated 40,753 new and gently used children’s books – 55% more books than last year – and 127 people volunteered as book drive captains – up 76% from 2020 – during the contactless drive-thru event. Book Harvest also gave away nearly 1,000 backpacks filled with children’s books for families to take home. “These incredible numbers make clear that our community stands with our children to keep learning alive,” says Ginger Young, founder and executive director of Book Harvest. 14
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1 Book Harvest board member and Dream Big Book Drive event organizer Ann Leininger. 2 Ginger Young and Benay Hicks, Book Harvest communications manager. 3 Jorge Amador and Roddrick Thomas of Two Men and a Truck, one of 64 businesses that sponsored the event. 4 Book Babies Lead Coach Kenitra Williams. 5 Book Harvest Advancement Director Isabel Geffner. 6 Wool E. Bull takes a break with a book.