“The very best thing about a school library is that everything is purchased with the student in mind and every student in the school has access to it,” said Laura Tooley who serves as the librarian for David Starr Jordan Middle School. “We provide them with the books they need to complete school projects, books to help them grow and think, and books that encourage them to keep reading and learning. To do that, funds are always needed to help us continually provide up-to-date books and technology.”
In an effort to provide Tooley with those much-needed funds, Jordan students, parents, teachers and supporters stepped up to the plate, or more accurately, to the foul line, of the bowling lanes at Pickwick Bowl to raise money this past week.
Billed as Bowling for Books, the fundraiser’s chairwoman, Suzanne Weerts asked people to give a little of their “spare” time to “strike” up support for the school’s library fund. “In this time of budget challenges for our nation’s schools, our libraries are often losing out on the funds they used to expect to have for updating and replacing old or damaged books,” said Weerts. “The Jordan PTA knows that empty shelves don’t fill minds. Seeing that need, we stepped in to help the library purchase new and relevant books.”
