The Quilts to Books Project continued in its 4th year during the 2008-2009 school year as Star Olson, now a 5th grade teacher at Cypress Ridge Elementary School, and Kellyann Goring, Lake County Innovative Learning Specialist, continued to work in conjunction with Terry Poelma and Katrina Rutland, 4th grade teachers at St. Martin Upper Elementary School, to raise funds to purchase books for the Langston Hughes Academy in New Orleans, Louisiana. Again, our students, and the students at St. Martin will continued to implement their reading, writing, and problem solving skills, along with technology skills to make presentations to other classes at school, telling about our project and explaining how to make the quilts which will be used to generate the funds. We again presented our project to the Clermont City Council and the South Lake Community to help raise awareness for our project and the current condition of the Gulf Coast States schools. All 34 Cypress Ridge created quilts were on display at the CRES Celebration of Learning May 14, 2009. The St. Martin quilts were also be on display before being returned to Mississippi for their curriculum night. All money raised that evening, along with the money raised by the St. Martin quilts in Ocean Springs, was brought to Scholastic Book Warehouse where we purchase new books from 50% to 80% off the retail price. In addition to the support we receive from Scholastic Book Warehouse, Sam’s Wholesale Club in Ocoee, Florida showed their support for our project this year by matching our donations, up to $2,000. This money was also brought to Scholastic Book Warehouse, allowing us to purchase up to an additional $4,000 of books.