St. Mary School's library is scheduled for an upgrade.
The community school has been selected as part of Indigo Love of Reading Foundation's grassroots fundraiser. This grassroots wing of the foundation is based online at AdoptaSchool.Indigo.ca, where schools can setup their own fundraising page. Until Oct. 9, members of the community or people with ties to North Battleford can go online to donate to St. Mary's library fund.
Each school receives 100 per cent of its donations, with Indigo, Chapters and Coles stores offering an additional 30 per cent off of books online and in-store available for these schools. If $20 is donated, the cost of two books, Indigo Love of Reading Foundation will donate $10.
This will be St. Mary's second year participating in the Adopt a School grassroots fundraiser and librarian Christine Sawarin says it's a big help for schools like St. Mary.
"It's a really great program, last year we really enjoyed it and Indigo was great to work with," says Sawarin. "Indigo actually gave us $1,000 as well for buying books."
In total the library added more than 100 books to its shelves last year and this year they hope to reach 220 books, one for each child enrolled at St. Mary.
To learn more about the program or to donate find St. Mary's page under the Saskatchewan heading of the "Find of School" link at AdoptaSchool.Indigo.ca.
