Books for San Antonio

Hello all,
 
Most of you probably know that in about a month the youth group will be traveling to inner city San Antonio for our mission trip to Urban Connection. Last year when we went, one of the needs we all saw was the lack of quality books for the kids. They had a fair amount of books, but when the kids would bring them to you to read - many were in terrible shape. One of the favorite books of the boys was a picture book from a batman movie.  It was missing several pages and had red crayon strewn throughout the book, but they loved it!   Several of their books had ripped out pages, or they had been written on and colored in. Many were coming unglued. They only have what has been given to them. I am writing to see if you would look through your used books at home and donate some of your gently used kids books to the kids at Urban. I think it would be a great way for our Church to be even more involved in the efforts of the youth group to impact these kids. If you have any gently used books you would like to donate, it would be greatly appreciated! If you don't have any used books and would like to purchase new books to donate, we will accept those also! : ) The kids range in age from kindergarten through eighth grade. They are expecting to service 75-100 kids per day in the summer. The kids have to read 30 minutes each day, so it is a donation that would definitely be utilized!
 
If you want to do something a tad different, they could also use coloring books, word search books, dot-to-dots, etc.
 
You can put the books in my office, and we will be accepting book donations until Wednesday, June 22. Thanks for helping us spruce up the library at Urban Connection!!  We love ya'll!
 
Thanks Again!!!!
Lance