Faulkner University

Law students from the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law collected over 550 children's books as part of the Law School's first Public Service Day. The books were donated to Montgomery's Children's Center, an alternative public school for severely physically, mentally and emotionally challenged students unable to be mainstreamed into the general public school population. "Their library stock was old and outdated," explained Christina Jackson, the Law School director of career services and organizer of the event. "We collected enough new and gently worn books to allow the school to discard their old books and restock their library shelves with newer ones."

The book drive was a part of the Law School's Public Interest Program, which requires its students to perform 35 hours of community service per academic year. "As a Christian university," stated Jackson, "the Law School seeks to instill in our students an attitude of service." Jackson organized the Public Service Day to allow the whole school to come together to perform a substantial act of service. Books were collected campus wide and law students, faculty and staff set up a booth in front of the law school where traffic could stop and donate books. A generous public turned out with one law student donating 100 books herself, explained Jackson.

The books were presented to Christianne Henderson, principal of the Children's Center who will have each book inscribed with a bookplate denoting its donator. Lauding the success of the drive, Jackson said, "We are pleased that the Jones School of Law could contribute in such a meaningful way to the new library at the Children's Center."