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9/30/02

SLU STUDENTS COLLECTING BOOKS FOR 'TEACH FOR AMERICA'

CANTON - Answering a call from a recent graduate, students in 
the English department honorary society at St. Lawrence University 
are conducting a book drive to benefit the Teach For America 
organization.
	The group, the Irving Bacheller Society, have placed 
drop-off boxes in the E.J. Noble University Center, Owen D. Young 
Library and Brewer Bookstore on campus, as well as in the 
Partridge Den, the Harvest Moon Cafe and Nature's Storehouse, for 
the collection of donated books. All kinds of books are sought, 
including textbooks, novels and leisure reading materials for 
children in grades K through 12 and also for adults. The books 
will be donated to Teach For America in the Mississippi Delta 
region, where Eileen Fenn, a 2002 graduate of St. Lawrence, is 
teaching fourth-graders in the program. Fenn contacted friends 
and colleagues at the University to organize the drive. The 
books, to be collected through November, will be distributed 
to libraries and schools throughout the Greenville, Mississippi, 
area.
	Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding 
recent college graduates of all academic majors, who commit two 
years to teach in public schools in low-income communities. Over 
the past 12 years, Teach For America has placed 8,000 corps members 
in 16 rural areas. Through their efforts, more than one million 
children have gained new opportunities. 
	For more information, contact the English department at 
315-229-5125.

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