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Birthday book vending machines installed at Amphi Unified School District

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November 13, 2024

The Amphi Unified School District in Tucson, Arizona is taking a unique approach to promoting literacy by installing birthday book vending machines at its schools, according to a KGUN 9 report. The machines, filled with a variety of books, allow students to choose a book as a birthday gift.

"Reading has become a really strong event for our kids and having the vending machine will make it that much stronger and allow them to have a book at home," Coronado K-8 School Principal JJ Letts told the news outlet.

The district aims to equip each elementary school with a birthday book vending machine. Thanks to a $10,000 donation from the Scripps Howard Fund and KGUN 9, two additional machines will be installed. This initiative is part of the "If You Give A Child A Book" campaign, which focuses on early childhood literacy.