{"175401":{"#nid":"175401","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Library Hosts Annual \u201cGift of Reading\u201d Charitable Book Drive for My Sister\u2019s House","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEvery holiday season the Georgia Tech Library gives back to the metro Atlanta community by coordinating an annual charitable book drive.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s drive will focus on collecting reading and educational material for \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.atlantamission.org\/the-mission\/our-history\/\u0022\u003EMy Sister\u2019s House\u003C\/a\u003E, a division of the Atlanta mission, which offers overnight shelter and services to 264 homeless women and children everyday.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESuggested donation items:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDiaries\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EColoring books\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBook on tapes\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDictionaries\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EComic books\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJournals\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMarkers, crayons, etc.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDVDS (non-violent)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EStudy skills books\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFounded in 1938, the Atlanta Mission was first established as a soup kitchen to feed homeless men during The Great Depression. According to their website, the Atlanta Mission became the first organization in Atlanta and the United States to offer services to homeless women in October 1969.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe annual charitable book drive will run until Dec. 20, with collection containers at the Library Rotunda and the Clough Commons crossover on 1West. For more information, contact Karen Walton at (404) 385-8353.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Every holiday season the Georgia Tech Library gives back to the metro Atlanta community by coordinating an annual charitable book drive."}],"uid":"27508","created_gmt":"2012-12-04 15:47:34","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:18","author":"Tearanny Street","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-12-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-12-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"175341":{"id":"175341","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Library Hosts Annual Charitable Book Drive","body":null,"created":"1449179022","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:42","changed":"1475894816","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:56","alt":"Georgia Tech Library Hosts Annual Charitable Book Drive","file":{"fid":"195841","name":"screen_shot_2012-12-04_at_9.09.39_am.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screen_shot_2012-12-04_at_9.09.39_am_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screen_shot_2012-12-04_at_9.09.39_am_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":117923,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/screen_shot_2012-12-04_at_9.09.39_am_0.png?itok=3QrY_bm8"}}},"media_ids":["175341"],"groups":[{"id":"47240","name":"Georgia Tech Library"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11817","name":"library_news"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKaren Walton\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Library\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Karen.Walton@library.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}