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Sorting and packing continues for books heading to Poland

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Published May 23, 2022 at 10:19 PM EDT

Left to Right-Kasia Pater and Lisa Fryman

Efforts continue in central Kentucky to organize a large shipment of books to Poland. The reading materials will be going primarily to refugee children from Ukraine. The distribution is being orchestrated by the Lexington-based International Book Project. In Today's Interview, Stu Johnson speaks with the organizers.

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