Scholastic Books pick-up is in early June

For the fifth year, Scholastic Books will donate more than 3,000 books to GMLC agencies through Literacy USA. The pick-up date will be in early June at the Milwaukee Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave.

Because the exact date is not yet known, Nancy Hindin, who is coordinating the project, will e-mail all those agencies that signed up for books. She also will contact volunteers to work two-hour shifts during the two-day delivery period.

Scholastic sends children’s books from pre-school to junior-high levels. Some of them are in Spanish. There are multiple copies of each book. Each agency that receives books is required to write a letter on agency letterhead, thanking Scholastic Books and explaining how the books will be used.

--Nancy Hindin

Most Afternoons

I dial 011 523 4591 813-98. I hear the clicking noise and this connects me to my family in Jalisco. I love it when my mother or my sister answers the phone. I feel happy to hear my mother’s voice. She says, “Mija, como estas?" I tell her I am fine and how I miss her. I talk about my children and she is proud. I talk to my father too. He says I miss you and I love you. We talk for one hour. It’s only five dollars. It’s the best five dollars I spend. Someday, I will tell her in person how I feel.

-- Margarita Hernandez
Journey House ESL/Even Start