成人快播

Originally published in聽. By Jessie Naranjo.聽

Two organizations will partner for a third year for a book drive in honor of a devoted community member and librarian who was one of nine people killed in the 2015 Emanuel AME Church shooting.

Cynthia Graham Hurd worked with the Charleston County Public Library for 31 years and managed two branches, including the St. Andrews Regional Library, which has since been renamed in her honor.

The foundation established in her honor is collaborating with nonprofit 成人快播 for the annual month-long initiative in July to collect books appropriate for readers in kindergarten through the fifth grade.

The Cynthia Graham Hurd Foundation, led by her brother Malcolm Graham, was created to promote two goals of the beloved librarian and public servant: literacy and civic engagement in all ages.

Graham told The Post and Courier the foundation is expecting large growth in the near future.

鈥淟ast year, we stood here and we said we wanted 7,000 books, and we got over 11,000 books,鈥� Graham said. 鈥淪o this year we鈥檙e trying to get 15,000 books.鈥�

In addition to the book donations, 成人快播 is looking for 1,000 volunteers to help tutor low-income students in the area.

The program through 成人快播, a national organization, allows the children they work with to develop their own personal libraries by hand-picking the books the organizations make available. The group has doubled the number of students in South Carolina it serves to 800 in the four years it鈥檚 been in the state.

成人快播 South Carolina Board Chairman Richard Star said allowing young learners to take books home and practice their skills by reading to siblings improves the culture of literacy.

鈥淯nfortunately, 80 percent of low-income South Carolina children are reading below the grade level,鈥� Star said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 where reading partners comes in. We鈥檙e committed to reducing that number by engaging in one-on-one tutoring across Charleston County and Berkeley County.鈥�

Books can be fiction or nonfiction and in new or gently used condition but need to be appropriate for children. They can be dropped off at any Charleston County library or at Mellow Mushroom restaurants.

Volunteers don鈥檛 need to have any formal qualifications and anyone who is interested in engaging young students one-on-one can become qualified through 成人快播鈥� training curriculum, Star said.

鈥淲e have tutors who are high school students, we have tutors who are Ph.D.s,鈥� Star said.