Angel Tree Book Drive for Literacy
The Angel Tree Book Drive for Literacy provides students a way to make a difference in the life of a child through the simple act of purchasing a book. After being made aware that many children who are living below the poverty level in our area often don’t own their own books, the Volunteer Action Center and the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity partnered together to organize efforts to get books in the hands of every 5th grader at Holcomb Elementary.
Children at Holcomb are given the opportunity to share their “wish list” of a book they would like to call their own. During the first weeks of November VAC volunteers and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity members staff a table outside the bookstore encouraging fellow students, staff and faculty to purchase a book- by taking an “Angel” from a Christmas Tree that has a child’s book request on it into the bookstore and purchasing the book for the child. After the books are purchased they are each given a special bookmark and delivered to the eager young readers at Holcomb.
“Thank you for the book that you all got me I really liked my book it was full of adventures and action but my favorite part was the ending but I can’t tell you- it will spoil the surprise if you want to read it!” Thanks Joseph
2008 Angel Tree Book drive delivery day: Alpha Phi Alpha members and VAC Board members shared with the 5th graders their favorite books they read in the 5th grade and presenting the children with the book of their choice.
2008 Results
140 books were purchased including 10 Braille books and a special Arkansas History Resource book for the school’s library.
November 2009
Contact Angela Oxford at afoxford@uark.edu or 575-5255.
Center for Leadership and Community Engagement
ARKU A-665
1 University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701-1201
479.575.5255
