Ginger Young

Books on Break

Y.E. Smith Elementary Museum School recently hosted its second annual Books on Break pop-up event, which allows elementary-aged children on free- and reduced-lunch plans in schools in Durham, Chapel Hill and Carrboro to take home 10 books of their choosing. The three-day summer reading event is a signature program of Book Harvest, a nonprofit that collects donated books and uses […]

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The Giving Spirit

In early December, Anita Brown-Graham and her husband, Phillip, co-hosted a Giving Gathering for Book Harvest and the East Durham Children’s Initiative. Book Harvest, which began three years ago, provides secondhand books to low-income children in the Triangle while EDCI strives to change the outcomes of children and families in East Durham. Ginger Young, the founder and executive director of Book Harvest, spoke passionately

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