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Bookmobile gives New York’s young readers a Merry Christmas
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1:52Now PlayingHouse of SpeakEasy, a Manhattan-based nonprofit, is delivering reading materials to needy New Yorkers with its bookmobile. NY Post Senior News & Features Writers Joshua Rhett Miller shares this story.
The organization’s modified box truck, which has 54 feet of shelf space, made a stop Saturday in the Bronx. Devoted bibliophiles gave away nearly 600 new books — including volumes donated by The Post — to 450 families.
“Lots of readers can’t afford books or live in areas without libraries,” the charity’s cofounder, Amanda Foreman, told The Post. “They want to learn just as much as anyone else.”
The organization’s mission is more important than ever, as NYC libraries are no longer open on Sundays in the aftermath of extensive budget cuts to citywide services.
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