POWDER SPRINGS, Ga. — Ta'Kari is at it again.
The Varner Elementary School fifth grader is teaming up with 11Alive's book drive and campaign.
Ta'Kari Tatum is a young author and has organized a book drive on Saturday, Sept. 30 from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. as a final push to collect books.
Ta'Kari, who made waves with his "Snap It" campaign encouraging conversations about mental health, will be joined by Cindy Jaret, the president of Children Read Atlanta. The effort comes as the nation rounds off September Literacy Month.
The influential fifth grader is known to be an advocate for young kids. Recognized for his class community service project "fighting mental illness one bracelet at a time," with "snap it" bracelets, he won the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Youth Leadership Award for the state of Georgia at just 10 years old - marking him the youngest honoree to win it.
Now he wants the community to invest in its youngest members and donate new or gently used books to Children Read Atlanta.
"Every child deserves a book," he said in his flyer.
Event details:
The drive is at “The Book Worm”
4451 Marietta St. Powder Springs
Saturday, Sept. 30 | 11:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
An Amazon wish list has been set up for this campaign as well. (Click here to see it.)
Additional options to drop off books for preschool children are available at the following locations:
- Children Read: 2936M N. Druid Hills Rd., Atlanta, GA 30329
- Tall Tales Book Shop: Toco Hill Shopping Center, 2105 Lavista Rd., Atlanta, GA 30329
- Greene's Fine Foods: 141 East Trinity Pl., Decatur, GA 30030
- Casseroles: 1393 N. Highland Ave., Atlanta, GA 30306
- Campbell Dental Group: 4840 Roswell Rd., Bldg. A, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30342
- Quinn Windows: 3910 Lawrenceville Hwy., Tucker, GA 30084
- Brave & Kind Books: 722 W. College Ave., Decatur, GA 30030
- Coffee Bar Atlanta: 1602 LaVista Rd., Atlanta, GA 30329
