A Duke initiative will distribute 1,500 books Tuesday, in English and Spanish, to children in low-income families in Durham.
The Children's Environmental Health Initiative, housed within Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment, is teaming with Durham Head Start to provide books in 27 classrooms serving about 500 students through the Head Start program.
Cisco Systems is providing bookcases for each of the classrooms. A presentation of books and their bookcases will take place tomorrow - Tuesday - at 9 a.m. at the Durham Head Start office at 215 W. Seminary St.
