A Wyoming book drive aims to reach every foster child
Sweetwater County's Kelley Brown is again aiming to give all of Wyoming's roughly 400 foster children a personalized backpack of new books. Last year every child got one.
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Kelley Brown of Sweetwater County is again trying to put a personalized backpack of new books in the hands of every foster child in Wyoming, Wyo4News reported. The state has about 400 children in foster care. Last year every child received a pack. This season's drive is the aim to do that again by Christmas. It is a goal in progress, built on last year's completed gift, and it is organized from Rock Springs for children across the state.
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Kelley Brown of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, is collecting books again so foster children across the state can each get a backpack of new books for Christmas, Wyo4News reported. Wyoming has about 400 children in foster care. Last year every one of them received a pack. This year's drive is aiming for the same result. It has not already finished that delivery. A personalized backpack means the books are chosen for that child, not handed out as one identical stack.
- Why is a goal for this Christmas different from last year's finished delivery?
- What makes a backpack of books personal, instead of a random pile?
- Why might a child in foster care want a book that is new and theirs?
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