NEW ORLEANS —
A new library opened Friday morning to help troubled young people improve their reading skills. The library is dedicated to the late Judge Tammy M. Stewart of Orleans Parish Juvenile Court.
Organizers say the library will allow juveniles who report to an Orleans Parish juvenile judge to take books home for free.
“This partnership to form the Tammy Stewart Reading Library allows youth to come in and take books home each day when coming to the court, “said one of the library’s organizers.
The books will be replenished by Friends of the New Orleans Public Library along with its supporters.
“I will tell you it’s been a hard time just keeping these bookshelves full for the last couple of days,” they said.
The court hopes the initiative will inspire the youth to become more enthusiastic readers.
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