Yonge St. Mission held its fourth annual book fair in May, giving away 25,000 books to children and other residents of Regent Park, a high needs designated neighbourhood in Toronto.
Over 1,300 people, including some local public school classrooms, passed through and took home their own personal library of books.
Residents of eight downtown apartment towers managed by Brookfield Properties donated the books and volunteers from Ernst & Young and Starbucks helped. One person described the events as, "kids in a candy store."
YSM is a downtown Toronto mission supported by the Presbyterian Church.
