Piedmont Lending Library

The Piedmont office received over 100 books to be used at a "lending library" to encourage reading to children at an early age. Catholic Charities is partnering with Read Greenville, a  program created by Greenville First Steps, to introduce books and reading in the home. Statistics show that a student who finishes second grade without being able to read has only a 1 in 4 chance of reading at grade level by the end of elementary school and that Thirty-five percent of children with reading disabilities drop out of school, a rate twice that of their classmates. The books can be loaned out for children to read and returned so that others may benefit from this resource. The lending library is a part of a greater overall wellness approach by Catholic Charities in conjunction with Our Lady's Pantry that will focus on nutritional, financial, emotional and spiritual wellness. The pantry will be open in 2017 at the San Sebastian location at 2300 Old Buncombe Road.