Literacy Village for Cinco de Mayo

The Cinco de Mayo event on 23rd St. in Richmond/San Pablo this past Sunday was a rousing success.
 
The overall attendance at the Festival was huge (event organizers estimated the crowd to be 10,000 to 15,000).   There were lots of families with children, particularly in the earlier hours of the event.  West County Reads was able [...]

The Prospect Sierra Book Drive

Prospect Sierra, a local El Cerrito private school recently gave a wonderful gift to the less fortunate kids of West County.   As part of their Earth Day public service projects, Prospect Sierra families conducted a book drive for gently-used children’s books for West County Reads.  This is truly recycling at its truest form. 
 
The outpouring [...]