691 books! That was the fantastic total collected by 7 year old Emilia and donated to Books4Home.
Emilia is the great niece of Soroptimist Trish Mellor and is an avid reader, she adores books; when she heard that there were children who do not have books of their own she could hardly believe it. So she decided to help – and immediately sorted out books of her own she was willing to give. Then, together with her Mom, Dad and younger sister she set about asking friends and school mates if they had any books they were willing to donate; she set herself a target of 250 books. After less than a week she had gone over that number – and was spurred on to continue collecting.
Others in their home town in Shropshire heard of what Emilia was doing and she and her Mom, Natalie were pleased to continue collecting from anyone willing to donate books.
The books were loaded into the cars and delivered to Beverley Ricketts who runs Books4Home – needless to say, Beverley was absolutely delighted – as were Cannock & District Soroptimists!
Beverley was so impressed with Emilia’s efforts; she presented her with a certificate which thanks her for collecting books, so helping to create a world where everyone is reading their way to a better future
During the visit to Beverley, Emilia and her family learned more about the charity and the way it provides books for children who otherwise would have no books of their own – and made the decision to continue collecting!
Emilia’s books bring the total donated by SI Cannock & District to 15,465.
Here is Emilia being presented with her certificated by Beverley Ricketts,
