Tuttle Avenue School first and second grade ambassadors collected 4,000 books for the Book Fairies organization. Through their donations and collection efforts, these young students will have a great impact on Long Island communities working to increase access to books and literacy-based resources.

Moriches Bay Rotary President Deborah Brown Volkman and Rotarian Tom Chieffo visited the student book organizers, supervised by teacher Elise Allen and teacher aide Lynda Malatak, to thank them for their efforts and to collect the books.

During the book drive, the student ambassadors helped to count the books each week and talked to each class about the importance behind the collection. They originally set a goal of 1,000 but far exceeded that goal, having collected 4,000 books over a course of two months.

Date Added: 4/1/2025