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Page it Forward: Lake County's Biggest Book Drive

United Way of Lake County and Bernie's Book Bank are sponsoring this summer-long book drive to collect 100,000 books for low-income children in Lake County. Reading is the most important skill needed by children in order to learn. 76% of local kindergarteners had no knowledge of books and 61% of low income homes have no age-appropriate reading material for children.

There are five other locations in Lake County that will be used for collecting books. Visit www.uwlakeco.org/pageitforward for more information.

There is a contemporary twist to this book drive. Visit facebook.com/pageitforward to purchase or donate a book for the drive. Harris Bank will donate one book for every "like" that the Page it Forward Facebook page receives.

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