Just over a year ago, the Brandywine Center, in the
heart of Coatesville, opened its doors to reach out to
families in our community in need of primary care, dental
and mental health services who have had no comprehensive
medical home – until now. The Brandywine Health
Foundation was the driving force behind this first major
development project in the City of Coatesville in more
than three decades.
Many children who visit the new Brandywine Center’s
medical and dental offices are delightedly taking home
hundreds of new and very gently used children’s
books from the McNeil Children’s Library. Each
time a child visits the Center, he or she may take home
and keep a book.
Books are flying off the shelves, and so, we hope you
will consider donating books to help re-stock the library’s
shelves. Donations are welcome during office hours at
either the Brandywine Center, 744 E. Lincoln Highway,
or the Brandywine Health Foundation at 50 South First
Avenue, both in Coatesville.
And now, just in time for the forthcoming holidays,
we’re excited to announce the McNeil Children’s
Library will be this year’s co-beneficiary of the
annual holiday book drive sponsored by Barnes & Noble
on Main Street in Exton.
Each year, the store chooses a non-profit literacy program
in need of books to benefit from the drive. Beginning
Nov. 1, books will be available for purchase on behalf
of the McNeil Children’s Library. Bookplates will
be available to personalize your gift, and the donated
books can conveniently be left for the library in a collection
box at the store’s cash-wrap desk. The co-beneficiary
is the Schoerke Foundation supporting education in Ghana,
West Africa (for information visit http://schoerkefoundation.org/index.html).
Please join the Brandywine Health Foundation in giving
deserving children the gift of reading and having a book
to call their own.
If you would like additional information or have questions,
please contact Dana Heiman at 610.380.9080, x102 or dheiman@brandywinefoundation.org.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE!
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