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Project Cicero Book Drive | March 26, 2014

By Anna Dobbin

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Project Cicero is an annual book drive designed to help teachers at under-resourced public schools in New York City supplement their classroom libraries. This year’s drive was held on Saturday, March 8, and Sunday, March 9, at the Hotel Pennsylvania in midtown.  

 

ECC members joined hundreds of other volunteers for the monumental task of sorting the donated books by age range and subject matter. Once sorted, the books were selected by teachers eager to pick and choose the best titles for their students. It was a weekend of controlled chaos for a worthy cause, and ECC volunteers were proud to see many of their companies’ titles among the shuffle. To get a sense of the impact of this important book drive, check out Project Cicero’s website.  

 

Mark your calendars: Next year’s book drive will take place on March 7-8, 2015.

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