Curtis in the News: On MLK Day, volunteers help Philadelphia school rescue its library

“On Monday morning, some 120 volunteers flooded the school in the Fairhill section of Philadelphia with a shared goal—reviving a library that, in many ways, has not truly served as an actual library for a long time.”

John Kopp reports on Curtis’s Day of Service at William Cramp Elementary School, helping to renovate a library that had been dormant for several years after budget cuts left the school without a librarian.

Read more at Philly Voice.

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