Catie Roche, left; Sandra Oliver; P.M. Terrell; Chief Mike McNeill; Dencie Lambdin; Morris Bullock; Crystal Edmonds; Jef Lambdin; James Bass; and Charles Chrestman met at Robeson Community College’s Workforce Development Center to raise awareness about the link between high illiteracy rates and crime. Book ‘Em North Carolina, a writers conference and book fair, and Robeson County Arts Council presented four checks for $2,250 from the book sales on Feb. 25 to the United Way for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library; Communities In Schools for literacy campaigns in the schools; Friends of the Robeson County Public Library for literacy projects; and the Lumberton Police Department for anti-crime efforts. The donation totaled $9,000. Books donated by author p.m. terrell for the event were divided between The Learning Center at RCC for their reading programs and the Robeson County Public Library system. Contributed photo.
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