GREC joins the Indigo Adopt-a-School program

Sep 29, 2021

GREC joins the Indigo Adopt a School program

Granite Ridge Education is raising money for new book purchases in conjunction with Indigo Books.

The school has been accepted as one of the recipient schools in the Adopt a School program.

The program raises funds for high needs schools to help them purchase new books for their libraries.

In the past, Granite Ridge held in person book sales to raise funds for the library; they can't do that this year.

There are two ways to contribute to Adopt a School. Supporters can go to the bookstore that has partnered with Granite Ridge. The school was unable to partner with a more local bookstore because they were all committed, so they are partnered with the Coles bookstore in Cornwall, which is not exactly handy to Frontenac County.

There is also an online option, thankfully. At Indigoloveofreading.com there is Adopt a School with a yellow 'Donate' panel. That brings you to the Adopt a School page, and by typing Granite Ridge in the search bar or scrolling through a dropdown list, the Granite Ridge donation page will come up.

“The nice thing about the donations is that we will also get a discount when we buy the books,” said Tracy Riddell, interim library tech at Granite Ridge Education Centre, “so donations stretch further.”

There is also an Adopt a School box that pops up when purchasing online from Indigo/Chapters.

The Adopt a School program has raised $33 million since 2004, helping a million students and 3,000 schools.

The program ends in early October, however. Supporters are encouraged to donate as soon as possible.

For further information, contact Trady Riddell at 613-279-2131 ext. 414