NEISD students give 1500 free books to local kids
With so many books to choose from, it can be hard to find that perfect one.
Luckily for students at Dellview Elementary, they don’t have to!
“They can each get four books and all for free,” Evelyn Terrell explained.
Terrell is a student from Reagan High School who helped organize a free book fair at Dellview.
“We started off with a maximum of 500 books and ended up with over 1500! So, it was really amazing to see everyone work together and get all these books. It’s just really exciting to see how thankful these kids are for these books,” the 17-year-old said.
“I chose Diary of a Wimpy Kid because they are funny and I like to read comedies,” Tremaine Lewis said.
The fourth-grader loves to study and plans to become a doctor one day.
“I like books because when I started doing homework, we started doing Reading homework and I just started getting attached to them. I’m really excited to take them home because I love reading,” Lewis added.
“This is what I want to do for the rest of my life, things like this,” Halle Burton said.
She is another senior from Reagan who helped put the event together to benefit a cause that’s close to her heart.
"The reason it really started was because when the pandemic started, I realized that we don’t have access to public libraries or school libraries. I really wanted to give back and really increase childhood literacy rates as well because with the pandemic, they’ve been decreasing and that has long-lasting effects,” the 17-year-old explained.
“I think it’s pretty cool and nice because some kids don’t have a lot of books,” Karolina Hernandez said.
The 10-year-old chose two novels and two non-fiction books about the Titanic and September the 11th.
“My tia was in one of the buildings close to the close to the twin towers. I don’t need all the details but I’d like to learn more about it then what she tells me,” the 4th grader explained.
She’s a little girl with big dreams who already has her eyes set on the future.
“I want to make my own business with my best friend. We’re going to have a restaurant, sewing business, and I’m going to try to teach little kids how to dance. With that money, I want to try to make a homeless shelter for homeless people. I want to help people that don’t have a lot,” Hernandez said.
Evelyn and Halle said they’re thankful to everyone across the District who donated books and made this special day possible.
“They are the nicest kids at Dellview. They are leaders and we are really excited to be able to help them,” Terrell said.
Because #NEISDcares!
