LT’s Interact Club seeking books for Big Rig Book Drive

The Lyons Township High School Interact Club is seeking donations for a book drive. Interact Club is partnering with Big Rig Books, a non-profit mobile literacy outreach initiative focused on fostering recreational reading by providing books for children and families in economically challenged, underserved communities and underperforming schools.

Any and all new or gently used books of fiction for students in preschool through high school will be accepted. Drop boxes will be available in both the LTHS North Campus and South Campus libraries April 29 through May 3.

One third of fourth graders in Chicago have reading skills below statewide expectations and live in neighborhoods with little or no access to books. LT wants to help fix that, said Margie Schuler, Interact Club co-advisor.

Interact, sponsored by the Rotary of LaGrange, is a community service club comprised of LTHS freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Members exchange ideas, opinions, and plans with other talented and energetic people, in an atmosphere free from negative pressures and distraction. The club strives to promote student leadership, local volunteer service, and to make members aware of the many global and world issues that affect people every day.