Feed The Children, Half Price Books and Oklahoma Education Association to Give 50,000 Books to Oklahoma Elementary School Libraries

Books Donated by Half Price Books

Feed The Children, in partnership with Half Price Books and the Oklahoma Education Association, will provide Oklahoma elementary school libraries with over 50,000 books on Saturday, May 9. Distribution will take place at the Feed The Children Warehouse, 29 McCormick Street (Located off Reno between Meridian and McArthur) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Books were donated by Half Price Books to celebrate the opening of a new store at 6500 N. May in Oklahoma City. The store will open on Thursday, May 21, and an opening celebration will be held at the store from May 21 until Sunday, May 24.

School districts included in the distribution are Oklahoma City, Putnam City, Western Heights, Mustang, Mid-Del, Crutcho, Edmond, El Reno, Choctaw/Nicoma Park, Yukon, Bethany, Bridgeport, Guthrie, Millwood, Newcastle, Minco, Crooked Oak, Piedmont, Moore, and Deer Creek.

“We are pleased to partner with Half Price Books and the Oklahoma Education Association to be able to provide school children in Oklahoma City with these fundamental tools for success,” said Larry Jones, founder and president of Feed The Children. “Reading can go a long way towards helping to reverse the cycle of poverty faced by many school children.”

Feed The Children is dedicated to feeding children’s body, mind and future. It is only through supporting programs that help break the cycle of illiteracy, poverty and poor self-esteem that children’s futures can be brighter.

Half Price Books specializes in buying almost anything printed or recorded and selling almost everything at half the publisher’s price or less. Half Price Books has stores in 15 states and is committed to the community by offering 10% discount cards to teachers and librarians, working with literacy groups for the last 30 years and collecting and donating thousands of books to hospitals each year through the Half Pint Library program.

About Feed The Children

Founded in 1979 by Larry and Frances Jones, Feed The Children is consistently ranked as one of the 10 largest international charities in the U.S., based on private, non-government support. Feed The Children is a Christian, international, nonprofit relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disasters. Since its founding, the organization has reached out to help those in need in the US and in 118 countries around the globe. For more information, please visit:

www.feedthechildren.org

www.larryjones.tv

www.givingisgood.org

www.feedthechildren.org/abandonedbabies

Contacts

Feed The Children
Rebecca Gass, 405-949-5140