Elizabeth’s Crayons to host coloring book giveaway to benefit families around Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The founder of Elizabeth’s Crayons, a coloring book drive, is bringing coloring back to Mobile — but this time on a much bigger scale.
WKRG News 5 previously covered Malcom Thaddeus Banks Jr, a local podcast star who used his microphone to bring coloring books to patients at USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital, back in 2021 after seeing how his late mother, Angeline Elizabeth Jones, benefitted from coloring in her final moments.
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He said this year he hopes to bring the event on “a broader scale.”
The drive, according to a press release shared by Banks Jr., will start on May 1 and go through May 31. At the end of the event will be a field day, scheduled for June 8, at Stewart Memorial C.M.E Church from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., will be held so parents can bring their kids to get books and coloring utensils and receive a variety of resources.
“Our goal this year is to collect over 1500 books so that everyone may benefit a great deal from this endeavor,” the release shared.
Those who would like to participate in the drive can email elizabethcrayons@gmail.com or call Malcolm Banks at 251-381-8550.
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