MOUNT LAUREL, New Jersey (WPVI) -- A South Jersey woman is getting ready to help area teachers and their students ride a literary wave.
Through donations, Gina Capate is giving out more than 5,000 books to educators to help build their classroom libraries.
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Capate is a Maple Shade school board member and runs Burlington County's Toys for Tots chapter. She says she came up with the book giveaway after participating in a Read Across America event last year.
The giveaway is from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. on the 1100 block of Nixon Drive in Mount Laurel.
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Christie Ileto has more in the video player above.