The Yonkers Rotary Club has donated over 200 hardcover books to the Riverfront Library in Yonkers. September was Rotary’s Education and Literacy month during which Rotarians are urged to undertake projects that expand education and literacy opportunities across communities. The donated books are from the personal collection of Club Vice-President and District Area Governor Bina Ahmad and Past District Governor Mahbub Ahmad. Five Club Rotarians were present at the handing over of the books to the Director of the Library Sandy Amoyaw, who is also the Club Historian and a long-time Club Member. In addition to the two donors, Club Rotarians Lawrence Farah and Anissa Latif also helped with unloading the books.
The Director of Yonkers Public Libraries Jesse Montero was a guest speaker at a recent Yonkers Rotary Club meeting. He said the Library System was looking to expand its’ holdings to cater to a wider audience. Accepting the books, Director of the Riverfront Library, Sandy Amoyaw thanked Area Governor Bina and Past DG Mahbub for their thoughtful donation. He said the books will help expand the breadth of the holdings of the Library and may be shared with the other branches of the Yonkers Library system. AG Bina said most of the books were collected over a period of years for their home library which they are now downsizing. PDG Mahbub said the books in a large library will be available to many more readers rather than just beautifying a small home library. Most of the books are contemporary fiction, including sets by authors, John Grisham, Lawrence Sanders, Clive Cussler, Robin Cook, and others as well as classics. This is the Club’s third donation of books to the Yonkers Libraries, Earlier donations were to the Will Library and the Riverfront Library.
Yonkers Rotary has been serving the Yonkers Community as well as the international community for over 100 years. It’s projects include, the new basketball court at Barton Park, the school playground in School 9, as well as numerous local projects including feeding seniors and destitute families during the pandemic, and delivering masks to local philanthropic organizations.
To participate in a Club project or to join the Club, Contact membership char, George John (join@yonkersrotary.org)
