Madison Heights Elementary School Volunteer Coordinator and Reading Recovery Teacher Maggie Kraft (center left) and Jewish Federation Literacy Project Volunteer Tutor Vicki Cabot (center right) read to Madison Heights Students Jordan Torno (far left) and Breyona Ross (submitted photo).

The books donated will be used for tutor libraries at the District’s K-4 schools so that volunteer reading tutors will have a resource library to use when they tutor. Some books also will be given to needy students that don’t have books at home. Approximately 120 students will participate in this year’s program.  

The book delivery was the result of the Literacy Project’s effort to help build good libraries for schools that lack book budgets sufficient enough to provide quality books for their school and classroom libraries. The book drive has become a featured community service opportunity at all Federation division events and has become a component of the Federation’s Mitzvah Always Program, a year-round program that informs, encourages, and connect individuals to community services projects throughout the Valley.

For more information on how to become involved, call the Community Relations Committee at 480-634-4900, ext. 1108, or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it