Rebuilding School Libraries

After Hurricane Katrina, many schools in the New Orleans area lost their libraries, denying kids a chance to treasure some of the same books that made a big impact on our lives as children. The book drive organized, along with Cable in the Classroom, during the '08 Cable Show donated more than 20,000 books, CDs and educational DVDs to refill the bookshelves of New Orleans.

CableCares Book Drive Celebration at Book Mountain

From right to left: Steven Jones, Executive Director, Association of Cable Communications (ACC),
Benita Fitzgerald Mosley, President & CEO, Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT),
Paul Vallas, superintendent of the Recovery School District of New Orleans
Kathy Johnson, President, National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC)
Mayor Ray Nagin, City of New Orleans,
Kim Martin, Executive Vice President/General Manager, WEtv
Patrick Esser, President, Cox Communications, Inc.

CableCares thanks you for helping make the joy of reading possible for New Orleans schoolchildren!