Freeport High School junior Brooke Baker has a love for books and a vision for sharing that passion with her community.
The literacy event "In Between the Lines," coordinated by Brooke in partnership with the district, brought 500 donated books to the high school for a Saturday morning reading event. Brooke appealed to public libraries in Freeport, Baldwin, Rockville Centre and Hempstead, as well as retailers Barnes & Noble and Borders, for book donations.
"It was a joint effort to provide our students with the opportunity to read a book and take a book," said Freeport High School Principal Linda Carter. "Getting together to bring literacy alive is a wonderful way to put books into the hands of children."
High school students, teachers and a contingent from the JROTC were on hand to help sort out the books and read to the young students. It was announced that the books that had not been distributed would be brought to shelters and other places where they could be put to good use.
Brooke wants to follow her love of literacy through college and pursue a career in journalism.
