15 Sacramento Little Free Libraries visited by TORC the CAT
Making a Difference, One Book at a Time! #SMILESwithTORC
TORC visited a total of 15 Little Free Libraries in Sacramento, California, where he donated 42 books. The first-time finders got a coloring book as a bonus to the matching TORC the CAT children's books.
TORC loves the Little Free Library book-sharing movement, because it plays an essential role by providing 24/7 access to books to famillies in areas where they are scarce. The more books in or near the home, the more likely a child will learn and love to read. But two out of three children living in poverty have no books to call their own.(Source: Little Free Library Org)
61% of low-income families have no books at all in their homes for their children. An analysis of a national dataset of nearly 100,000 United States school children found that access to printed materials - not poverty - determines reading levels.
The poverty rate in Sacramento is 19.8%. One out of every 5.1 residents of Sacramento lives in poverty. Source: https://www.welfareinfo.org/poverty-rate/california/sacramento
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