 | On June 21, 2008 volunteers came together for a Day of Action - Sort-a-thon. Volunteers sorted and stuffed board books and learning material for children and parents of low-income families in Nashville. Enough books were donated so that 509 kids recieved five board books each!
That's a lot of books! With more than 3,000 donated books to sort, volunteers were able to put five books into each child's bag.
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 | Diane Gibson and Landra Dyer were among the nearly 70 volunteers who came out for United Way's Day of Action.
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 | Jeanne McGehee and Sarah Longhini of Fannie Battle Day Home do their part to LIVE UNITED. Their childcare center is one of ten United Way-supported centers whose children will receive the bags with books.
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 | Ellen Leifeld, president and publisher of The Tennessean and United Way's 2008 campaign chair, applies stickers to books before sorting them into bags.
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 | That was fun!
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 | A team of five Music City Moms joined to effort after learning about the event through their blog, www.musicitymoms.com.
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![<p><font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="3">These pint-sized volunteers made sure the "Board Books for Babies" stickers were affixed just right on their stack of books.</font></p>](/../assets/gallery/525_dayofaction032.jpg "<p><font face=\"georgia,times new roman,times,serif\" size=\"3\">These pint-sized volunteers made sure the "Board Books for Babies" stickers were affixed just right on their stack of books.</font></p>") | These pint-sized volunteers made sure the "Board Books for Babies" stickers were affixed just right on their stack of books.
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 | Teresa Walker and Judy Bowling from the Rogers Group (in grey shirts) pause for the photographer during their sorting. (Then it was right back to work!)
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 | The Tennessean team poses with campaign chair (and publisher of the paper) Ellen Leifeld after all the stickering and sorting and bagging and boxing up was done. Whew!
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