 | | | County Juvenile Hall library director Joe Young (in blue shirt) with Moraga Rotarians, from left: President Roger Gregory, Debbie Roessler, Frank May and Evie Michon. Photo provided | | | | | | Members of the Rotary Club of Moraga delivered 45 books to the Juvenile Hall library recently, and received a tour of the library and other facilities from the library director, Joe Young. The Club has now donated a total of 65 approved books since commencing this service project in spring of this year. Many of the bookplates have been signed by the featured speaker at weekly Rotary meetings. Rotarians making this latest book delivery were Frank May, Debbie Roessler, Evie Michon, and president Roger Gregory. The project chair is Rotarian Barbara Bruner.
This library, and the one at Byron Boys Ranch, is a part of the Contra Costa Library system. Both locations have a special dedicated library room about 30 feet by 45 feet in size, where many books are available or can be ordered, and two volunteer librarians serve the room at specified hours. There are also five computer terminals connected to the library system to provide online reading experience. The books provide students an opportunity to improve their reading skills and provide resources for entertainment and education.
Moraga Rotary was asked by the library staff to be a book donor because of the club's involvement with the Juvenile Hall Auxiliary through its Christmas stocking project, which is in its 19th year, where gift-filled decorated stockings are given to residents on Christmas Eve. This program was originated by Rotarians Jim and Linda Campbell.
Rotary Club of Moraga is a local service club within Rotary International, one of about 33,000 Rotary Clubs in about 200 countries. Regular meetings are held on most Tuesdays at noon at the Soda Center at Saint Mary's College. For further information, call Frank May at (925) 376-8195, or check out moragarotary.org.
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA