First Book-Clallam County announces that 2,500 new books have been given to nine literacy programs that serve Clallam County children in need. Programs include Lower Elwha Head Start, Quileute Tribal School, Parenting Matters, Serenity House, Forks Elementary Bilingual, Lutheran Community Services, Quileute Tribal Child Care and First Step Center.

Children will receive new books that they can keep and own, enabling them to start home libraries they can share with their families.

These book grants were made possible through local 2014 fundraising efforts. Donations were received from the Clallam County Retired School Employees, Port Angeles Wednesday Reading Club, Beta Nu Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, the Albert Haller Foundation, Women of Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, Benjamin Phillips Memorial Foundation and private donations.