- Wednesday, July 28, 1999 - North Shore News

Capilano’ S kids aided by Starbucks’ hook

CAPILANO College
and local Starbucks cof-
fee houses have teamed
up to help inspire chil-
dren to read.

From Wednesday, Aug. 4
through Tuesday, Aug. 24,
Starbucks will be collecting
new or used books in good
condition as part of an All
Books for Chudren book drive.

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Some of the books col
on the North Shor
used by children of
envolled im the government:
funded Family Focus program
at Capilano College.

The students are taking
courses in adult basic educa-
tion, English as a second lan-
guage, parenting and literacy.
Many are single mothers who,
through the help of a govern:

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ment subsidy, can place their
children ip the Capilano
Coliege Child Care Centre
while they attend classes,
The centre designated
efciary of materials gath-
during the book drive.

“A child's exposure to
books in the pre-school is
a major factor in determining
whether a child will earn to
read,” says Janet MacDonald, a

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co-director of the Family Focus
program at Capilano College
and manager of the Child Care
Centre.

“We are pleased
Starbucks has re 2
need and is working with
customers to promote the love
of reading in voung children.
E single book we receive

touch a child’s in this
community and can make a sig-

that

nificant impact.”

“Lateracy has been the cor-
nerstone of Starbucks phifan-
uhropic efforts since we started
the Starbucks Foundation,”
avs Launi Skinner, Starbucks

president jor Western
Canada. “Reading is a funda-
mental requirement for suce

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Nis a great opportunit,
for all of us to help the deserv-

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ing children in our communi-
ties.”

In all, more than [5 literacy
organizations in) western
Canada will benefit from the
three-year-old program. Over
the past nvo years, All Books
for Children has put more than
half a million books in the
hands of children througa local
schools and literacy organiza-
tions across North Amenica.

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