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Students share their love of reading

Middle school students host book drive for Children's Home Society

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Canyon Creek Middle School National Junior Honor Society members Emma Hein, Natalie Garner, Scott Anderson, Bridgette McCarthy, Sydney Mederos and Phoebe Walker gave to their community and helped share their own passion for reading through a book drive to help underprivileged and at risk youth.

Canyon Creek Middle School National Junior Honor Society gave to their community and shared their own passion for reading through a book drive to help underprivileged and at-risk youth.

The group began planning in mid-May for the two week drive that brought in 1,451 books for the local Children’s Home Society of Washington.

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