JUDITH'S
READING ROOM PRESENTS BOOK CART TO
DA VINCI SCIENCE CENTER
News Date
June 22, 2010
Judith's Reading Room presented a fully-stocked library of 223 math and science books to the Da Vinci Science Center Tuesday morning and previewed its upcoming Barnes & Noble book fair - a fundraiser that will benefit both wounded American soldiers and the science center.
Troy A. Thrash, the Da Vinci Science Center's executive director and CEO, accepted the cart from Judith's Reading Room co-founders Scott Leiber and Cathy Leiber. The Da Vinci Science Center intends to use the books as part of a mobile science lab bus it is developing. The bus would travel to schools, community centers, and neighborhoods throughout eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey and would serve individuals who are not mobile for any reason.
Judith's Reading Room was established in 2009 to honor First Amendment champion Judith F. Krug, a late cousin of its founders. Its mission is to promote the betterment of society by providing "Freedom Through Literature." Judith's Reading Room provides fully stocked, custom-designed book carts that serve wounded American soldiers in military hospitals, soldiers stationed overseas, and community members who are not mobile.
Community members can support Judith's Reading Room and the Da Vinci Science Center by purchasing books at any Barnes & Noble Booksellers in the United States from July 1-3. Customers must mention Judith's Reading Room and book fair code #10182954 when making purchases. The Barnes & Noble Booksellers at the Lehigh Valley Mall, Whitehall, Pa., will serve as the book fair's primary location, but sales at any Barnes & Noble store are eligible when customers mention the book fair code. The book fair also will be held July 1-5 on the web at BN.com. Customers must enter the book fair code with their purchases.
Vietnam Veterans of America Lehigh Valley Chapter 415 also has expressed its support of the Judith's Reading Room book fair.
Judith Krug - who passed away in April 2009 - was the long-time director of the American Library Association's (ALA's) Office for Intellectual Freedom and executive director of the Freedom to Read Foundation. In those roles, Krug served as the ALA's official proponent of the guarantee of free speech for four decades.
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