In honor of Read Across America Day, tomorrow, March 2, Bucks center Brook Lopez is making an investment in local youth by providing nearly $70,000 in donated books and funds to three Milwaukee Public Schools and to Next Door Foundation.
To start, Lopez will provide funds for all students at Cass Street Elementary School, Seifert Elementary School and Burbank Elementary School to choose five books. Each student will attend a Scholastic Book Fair at their school over the next two weeks and pick out their five books courtesy of Lopez. This initiative is expected to provide nearly 6,000 books to more than 1,100 students across the three schools, with the contribution totaling approximately $43,000.