In honor of Make a Difference Day, the Literacy Council of Buncombe County partnered with the Leicester Community Center to provide a wide selection of free books to community members living in rural areas. Participants were able to take home as many books as they wanted, with options that included board books for toddlers, early readers, chapter books, and even bestselling paperbacks for adults!
The books were an addition to the free produce and perishable items that are offered at the Leicester Community Center on the third Tuesday of each month as part of MANNA’s Food Distribution initiative. MANNA provides goods such as bread, bakery items, and seasonal produce. This month lots of butternut squash, spaghetti squash, and root vegetables lined the tables.
For more information on food distribution or services offered at the Leicester Community Center, please contact them at:
Leicester Community Center
PO Box 1518
2979 New Leicester Highway
Leicester, NC 28748
828-774-3000
http://www.leicestercommunitycenter.com/home
Make a Difference Day is an event that began in 1992 as an idea for a national day of service and has since transformed into one of the largest, annual, single days of service nationwide! With the intent of showing that anyone, regardless of background, is able to make on impact on their community, Make a Difference Day has resulted in thousands of projects taking place on the fourth Saturday of October each year.
Many national projects have focused on pressing global issues, such as:
- Disaster Relief
- Disability
- Domestic Abuse
- Education/tutoring/mentoring
- Unemployment
- Environment
- Healthcare
- Homelessness
- Housing
- Hunger
- Poverty
