The 250 students of Kelowna91裸聊视频檚 Quigley Elementary have some reading to do thanks to a grant from the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation.

The foundation gifted Quigley Elementary a $6,250 COVID emergency grant which allowed students to 91裸聊视频榮hop91裸聊视频� for books in February.

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The school91裸聊视频檚 teacher-librarian Sarah Murdoch Black arranged for each student to receive two or three books. Once the orders were complete, the school spent two days in April putting books in kids91裸聊视频� hands.

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91裸聊视频淭he day he shopped for his books, his words could barely keep up when he was telling his little brother about the books he was going to get, for free. The first thing he did when he received his books a couple of months later was find his little brother to show him his brand new books that he got to pick all by himself. Let91裸聊视频檚 just say the bar has been set high for the future!91裸聊视频�

Quigley Elementary added that this contribution from the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation was important to families, especially during the pandemic, and has given welcome respite and nurtured the love of reading in our community.

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