WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Inmates at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility are getting some new reads thanks to some generous community donations.
The Leadership Northeast Core 2024 class and Dress for Success Luzerne County hosted their New Books on the Block Book Drive.
Truckloads of books were brought in and unloaded Thursday morning.
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Founder and CEO of Dress for Success Linda Loop says her organization partnered with Leadership Northeast after seeing the need for books while hosting their programs at the correctional facility.
"We know that people in this facility are our neighbors, they're our brothers our sisters, our friends, who maybe made a bad decision. so, let's help them begin their healing," Loop explained.
"Our group looked at the project and thought it was something that could provide a good benefit to people so we ended up taking it on.," said Leadership Northeast Team Member Josh Perry.
With the help of donations from Dress for Success and the community, the group delivered around 3,500 books Thursday morning.
