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Beverly Hills 4th Graders Donate Books to Those in Need
Their "gently worn" books go to WISH Charter Elementary School in Westchester and Los Angeles School in West Adams through a program called "BookEnds."
Fourth graders at two Beverly Hills school sent about five thousand books to children in need recently.
According to a KCBS/KCAL report, Hawthorne Elementary School students traveled to the WISH Charter Elementary School in Westchester to make their donations and to read with students at WISH.
Reader Howard Goldstein told us in an email that Horace Mann School's fourth graders also participated in BookEnds last week, traveling to their sister Los Angeles School in the West Adams District.
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They delivered 2,013 books, according to the school's website, where you can also see pictures.
BookEnds, a nonprofit based in Southern California, recycles children's books through studen-run book drives and places them in schools and youth organizations.
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