Read the full article by Keyshawn Davis at Sacramento News & Review
Youth members run out of the Rancho Cordova Youth Center doors excited about what they will show their parents. It’s an item they’ve received through hard work and dedication — a brand-new book.
This isn’t an ordinary book that can be checked out from the library and then later returned. Instead, these are books that the youth received with tokens they’ve earned, which they can use on the brand-new book vending machine. They get to keep these books.
Peyton is a 7-year-old second grader who thinks the machine is cool and fun to use with the special tokens. “I got the book ‘We Are Family’ that Lebron James wrote,” Peyton said. “I got that one for being student of the month, but I’m working on getting a second one.”
The Rancho Cordova Youth Center installed a book vending machine in its facility, in partnership with the Kiwanis Club of Rancho Cordova who’ve received grants to make the project happen.