That first event brought in 10,122 books – and we were off to the races!” Inspired by the Vision of Dr. “Dream Big began as an experiment to see if we could collect book donations on MLK Day 2012 in our first year, we had several new bookshelves throughout the community that needed books every week, and we were working hard to bring in the donations to keep those shelves of free books for kids stocked. As her dream grew, so did the need to collect more books. Soon she and a team of volunteers were supplying donated books to children and programs across Durham and Orange counties and Book Harvest was born. To combat the problem, and to fulfill her dream that “every child in our community should grow up in the presence of books, and plenty of them,” Young began collecting donated books in her garage. And there are a lot of kids in our midst who don’t own books.” “The consequences of raising a child in a bookless home are direct, severe, and lifelong. If we wait until a child starts school, we’ve waited too long,” she explained. “The benefits of a book-rich home environment begin accruing at birth. Jade Vaughan-Bey reads to her mother, Taquoia Street. Hearing such wisdom from a young child brought a huge smile to the face of Book Harvest Founder Ginger Young who exclaimed enthusiastically, “Jade gets it – that’s what this program is all about!” “Everyone needs to become a good reader so that when they are an adult they will have a better life,” said six-year-old Jade Vaughan-Bey during Book Harvest’s Dream Big Book Drive and Community Celebration held on MLK Day at Rhythms Live Music Hall in downtown Durham.
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