A mountain of books for school children
Rotary International hopes to make the Guinness Book of World Records this week -- not by moving a mountain, but by building one.
The organization hopes to collect a mountain of 250,000 books at the L.A. Convention Center during its convention this week. (About 150,000 have been collected as of this morning, a spokeswoman says. Eventually, the books will go to schools around the region.)
School children will be at the center today for readings by people whose voices are familiar from the TV show “Jimmy Neutron/Boy Genius,” including Debi Derryberry (the voice of Jimmy Neutron), Mark De Carlo (Hugh Neutron) and Carolyn Lawrence (Cindy Vortex). Other readers include The Times' publisher, David Hiller.
About 20,000 Rotary members from more than 140 countries are attending the convention.
People may donate books today and Tuesday for children in kindergarten through grade three near the South Hall’s main entrance to the Convention Center, at Figueroa Street and Pico Boulevard.
-- Mary MacVean
Circle CIty Rotary is proud to participate in this mountain of book. We dropped of ten boxes containing hundreds of books this morning to the convention center and can't wait to see RI get the world record.
Posted by: Jason Kimes | June 17, 2008 at 03:03 PM