& KHQ.COM - The 15^th Annual Success By 6 Children's Book Drive kicks off today! We have collected over 100,000 Books since first Success By 6 Book Drive.&

We are collecting new and gently used children's books to give to children who don't have books to call their own

There are two sections to the book drive - The Book Drive School Challenge is a competition between two schools this year: Moran Prairie Elementary and Mullan Road Elementary.

Thanks to our Success By 6 sponsors, the school that collects the most books for the drive will be awarded $400 to buy books for their school library. The Book Drive School Challenge runs through November 4^th.

The public book drive runs from now until November 13^th. You can drop off your new and gently used books at these locations through November 13^th.

Hastings Books

All Rockwood Clinics

Deaconess Hospital

Valley Hospital

American Family Insurance Offices

Donated books go to the Success By 6 Book Bank in the Spokane Valley, run by Kiwanis Club volunteers. The role of the book bank is to provide a book to any child from birth to age 6; to distribute information to parents about the importance of reading to young children and provide suggestions for reading together; and to circulate existing books in the community.

 Any agency, group, organization or business can fill out an application and distribute books to children on behalf of the Success By 6 Children's Book Bank. The only requirement is the books must be distributed to children age birth through six in Spokane County.

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