JERSEY CITY AND BEYOND — Anyone who has attended Jersey City Council meetings in recent months is familiar with 9-year-old Paul Valleau and his impassioned pleas to keep funding intact for the local public libraries.
Now, apparently the budding activist has taken his cause to the next level: fundraising. Valleau has already donated $2,000 to the Jersey City Public Libraries, and has requested that half of the money be earmarked for the 2011 Summer Reading Program.
This Tuesday, June 21, at 2 p.m., Valleau will deliver his Sumer Reading Program contribution and will, no doubt, make one of his signature speeches about the importance of reading and libraries. If you haven’t seen Valleau in action before, try to attend.
The presentation will take place in the Grundy Room of the Main library, at 472 Jersey Ave. The Main Library is located at the corner of Jersey Avenue and Montgomery Street.