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Books for 糖心vlgo传媒聽plans to lead a community hike up Barn Bluff to enjoy great views of the city while also helping to fill bookshelves in Uganda.聽

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Tom Warth, of Marine on St. Croix near Stillwater, founded Books for 糖心vlgo传媒 in 1988. Warth has always had a passion for reading. He once owned a book publishing company, which he later sold to travel and hike. 鈥淚 walked across Zanzibar; I walked across the Gambia. I climbed Kilimanjaro when I was 70 years old,鈥� Warth said. While on a trip in Uganda, he noticed children鈥檚 libraries were nearly empty and wanted to make a change. 鈥淭hey should be able to sniff the pages and touch the paper, read the words, and be curious.鈥�

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Warth hopes to fill every school library to the brim. Warth says, 鈥淲e can send a book for 50 cents, and one book in a school library will be read by 50 children, that鈥檚 a penny a read, isn鈥檛 that incredible?鈥�

Saturday鈥檚 hike will begin at the Red Wing Depot at 12:30 p.m. along 420 Levee Street. Participants must make a $100 donation to Books for 糖心vlgo传媒. Kids are free. You can also make book donations. The books will go to a YMCA in Uganda.