As the school year winds down, members of the public can once again
donate their used textbooks for other students to use next year.
NTUC FairPrice's annual Share-A-Textbook project was launched on
Thursday, to collect used primary and secondary school textbooks
which are in good condition.
The donation drive will run until Dec 8. Books can be dropped off
at all FairPrice, FairPrice Finest and FairPrice Xtra stores. This
year, 22 FairPrice Xpress outlets at Esso service stations are also
open as collection points, and Esso will be giving 120 Smiles
driver reward points to every customer who drops off textbooks at
these service stations.
Around 20,000 needy students have registered with grassroots
organisations under the project's priority student scheme this
year, up from 18,500 last year. They will get to pick up textbooks
before the public. In total, FairPrice hopes to collect 385,000
books, to be distributed at Changkat Changi Secondary School, Gan
Eng Seng School, Yio Chu Kang Secondary School and West Spring
Secondary School on Dec 15.
Mr Seah Kian Peng, chief executive of NTUC FairPrice, said in a
media release that the initiative "not only helps needy students
save on their textbook costs but also encourages recycling and
thrift among the younger generation".
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