The Goddard School located at 8350 Lemont Road in Darien will be holding a “Winter Wonderland, Book Donation-Collection and Open House” on Saturday January 18^thfrom 10am to noon.

It is the penultimate event in a month long book drive by The Goddard School located in Darien, and the other 17 Chicagoland Goddard Schools, working in collaboration with Bernie’s Book Bank (http://www.berniesbookbank.org/) to collect Twenty Five Thousand new and/or gently used children’s books to help increase Book Ownership among at-risk infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school age children in the Chicagoland area. The Darien Goddard School’s goal was to collect Fifteen Hundred childrens’ books before the January 18^thevent! They have collected close to 2300 books thus far, and are inviting the community to join them in their effort and to attend the event and bring a book to help the school reach its new goal of 2500 books. Additionally, the eighteen Chicagoland Goddard Schools will be donating $10,000 to Bernie’s Book Bank.

City of Darien Mayor Kathleen Weaver will start Book Reading to children at the event at 10:30am. Karen Hayes of Osborne Books, and Shirin Shamsi of Barefoot Books will be reading books as well. Ronald McDonald will be making a special appearance and putting on a book show at 11am. The event will also have face painters, a balloon artist, spray on art, and refreshments.

Contact the school at 630-985-7117, or darienil@goddardschools.com for more information.

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