Children benefit from Posada Book Drive

CSU Channel Islands professor Kathleen Contreras reads from her book, “Braids/Trencitas,” during the annual Posada Holiday Book Drive held Dec. 9 at Ruby’s Cafe in Oxnard. Photo by Frank X. Moraga/Amigos805

CSU Channel Islands professor Kathleen Contreras reads from her book, “Braids/Trencitas,” during the annual Posada Holiday Book Drive held Dec. 9, 2010 at Ruby’s Cafe in Oxnard.

Books collected before and during the event will be donated to Mercy Ministries, an organization that serves more than 150 families in the Oxnard area.

The event was sponsored by the Gold Coast Hispanic Business Council and the United Way of Ventura County’s Latino Action Team.

For more information, call 805.754.9095, send an e-mail to ashley@paladinprinciple.com or visit www.gchcc.org/

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Photos by Frank X. Moraga/Amigos805 ©2010

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