A seven-year-old boy has read 100 books during the Make Waves reading challenge at the Prince George Library.
For every book read during the challenge the library donated $1 towards the Northern Uganda Development Foundation with a goal of $2,500, which covers the cost a new well in Uganda.
Not only will $100 go into the fund because of the 100 books Euan Murray read, but he also pledged friends and neighbours to add another $250 to the coffers, putting the library over its $2,500 goal.
Every time a local child told library staff about a book he or she read, one marble was put in a glass jar, representing $1 towards the goal.
The College Heights elementary student got to put 100 marbles into the huge glass jar on Thursday afternoon, when he brought in his list of books to the Bob Harkins branch. He read many of the books, including timeless favourites by Dr. Seuss and Robert Munsch, to his three-year-old sister Sabina.
Make Waves summer reading challenge, wraps up next Friday with a celebration from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Bob Harkins branch.
For more information about the remaining programs planned for the summer reading challenge, visit the library's website at www.lib.pg.bc.ca.
