On January 14, 2011, The UPS Store and the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation honored Margaret King, winner of the second-annual Alferd Williams Literacy Award, at an all-school assembly at Medford Elementary School in Patchogue, N.Y.
The award, created as part of the Toys for Tots Literacy Program, recognizes individuals who are dedicated to improving our nation's literacy rates.
King has inspired children to read both inside and outside the classroom. In addition to starting the Medford Book Mobile, King launched a literacy project called "Literacy at the Laundromat," where, through donations, she created a reading corner inside one of the local Laundromats to encourage children to read as they wait with their parents.
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