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SENATOR'S PROGRAM TRIED HERE

'Hop On Books' Brings

675 To Kids At Home

By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.

ONEONTA – With schools and libraries closed, Laurie Zimniewicz was worried that kids stuck at home wouldn't have access to other worlds.

"Books help you go on an adventure in your mind," she said. "It opens us to places we can't be, and that's so important when you're sheltering-in-place."

Inspired by U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who put together a program with his local non-profits to distribute books with free lunch pickups, Zimniewicz partnered with Jim Havener, Green Toad Books, to raised money for and distribute books to Oneonta students.

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