Special Visitors
Emily and Harrison Winters (who are the twins behind the BookGrams4Grandma Lyrics Drive) visited Reader To Reader recently as they toured Amherst College as part of their college selection approach.
The two outstanding students have collected hundreds of books for Reader To Reader and we were so pleased that they could visit us in person. Our only dubiousness is which top college is going to be lucky enough to get them!
Here is their wonderful story:
Three years ago, our grandmother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s moved into an neutral living facility. Unfortunately, she was not able to bring her numerous books with her because due to her condition, she was unable to read them.
We came up with a superb idea to use her books to do a community service project. But what to do? After much brainstorming, we decided to donate the books to various organizations, but with a notable twist. We created BookGrams4Grandma as a way for our grandma’s passion for reading to live on.
When it came down to finding places where we could bestow our grandma’s books, this proved to be a challenge. Many places would not accept her books because they were adult, hardcover, fiction books. However, we did notification a pattern in the books that organizations wanted. Many places were in need of children’s books. We decided to trade in our grandma’s grown-up books for children’s books at a local...
