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Book drive

06/04/2016

Peter Bannan

TWO Manangatang students are getting behind the five Saunders sisters after their home was destroyed in a blaze on Good Friday.

The Chinkapook family lost all but the clothes on their back when fire ripped through their home at an alarming rate.

As a result, the five daughters Shae-Maree Colman and Nathan Saunders — all younger than 12 — have been left without their beloved books.

Jake Baker and Alannah Taylor wanted to do anything they could to help the family.

The two 11-year-olds attend school with Geordie and know of her love of books and reading.

Alannah’s mother Lyndal Taylor said that the conscientious pair came up with the idea of a book drive of their own accord

For more on this story, grab a copy of Friday’s Guardian (April 6, 2016).

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