Cesar Chavez Books for Tots Project

This project was made possible by monies available through the Cesar Chavez Healthy Communities Project. Towards the beginning of the semester ninth and tenth grade English students were asked to select a few books that were important to them when they were younger. With the grant money (and a generous discount from Walden Books) enough books were purchased for each of the roughly 120 ninth and tenth graders to have a book. These students would ultimately give the books to mothers of newborn babies at the local hospital. The letters were inserted into the books and the students wrapped the books, ready for delivery. The students then took a field trip to the local hospital where they delivered the books to a hospital representative.