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Pictured are some of the
top donating students from Dartmouth Middle School along with Mrs. Pettengill, 6th grade teacher and Mrs. Gardner, school
librarian.
On April 5th, Dartmouth Middle School Students donated
the 3,255 "gently used" books they collected in a recent
book drive for GiftsToGive. The Book Drive was a part of a recent school-wide event called the R.A.R.E. Olympics, which included
other events like creating a school rap and making a spaghetti tower. R.A.R.E. stands for the school qualities: Respect, Accountability,
Responsibility, and Esteem. Homerooms from each grade level were pitted against each other to see who could bring in the most
books to benefit GiftsToGive; homerooms were given 1 point for every 5 books they brought in. Two 6th grade homerooms actually
brought in 474 books each! One student said, "I enjoyed doing it, especially knowing that I was helping other SouthCoast
kids who didn't have many books."
School librarian Laura Gardner attributes the collection success to
the generosity of DMS students and the competitive aspect of the drive. As she said, "You'd be surprised how many students
donated books because they wanted to beat another homeroom!" The school is now working on another drive for GiftsToGive
for new underwear, socks, shampoos and deodorants. -
On April 8th, The New Bedford, A.J.
Gomes Elementary School librarian and other volunteers from the school, visited the mill and found 873
books that were perfect for their school library! -
On April 10th, Dartmouth Middle
School students, traveled 3.3 miles from their school, to the GiftsToGive
Reprocessing Center, in the south-end of New Bedford, and worked a "shift" at the mill, processing and
sorting the remaining books from their donation and hundreds of other books, getting them ready for gift packages for
local kids in-need.
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