Domtar brings the gift of books to a Fort Mill school

Employee’s from Domtar Corporation’s office here recently paid a visit to Riverview Elementary School to donate and read new books to the school’s children as part of its partnership with First Book.

Domtar employees visited with more than 100 second graders at Riverview. Each child was given a new book to take home.

A Fortune 500 company, Domtar makes a wide variety of everyday products from sustainable wood fiber, such as copy paper and diapers. Domtar’s U.S. Corporate Office in Fort Mill employs nearly 500 people.

As part of its Powerful Pages campaign, Domtar has partnered with First Book, a nonprofit social enterprise that provides books to children in need, since 2012 to provide more than half a million dollars in grants to schools and programs in towns that are home to Domtar facilities. Domtar’s grants provide funding to educators to purchase books through the First Book Marketplace, a website available exclusively to First Book programs, and then the school’s children are able to bring home the new books.

“Access to books is transformational in the lives of our children and the educators who serve them,” said Kyle Zimmer, First Book president and CEO. “Domtar’s work with First Book has opened up a world of opportunities to children who might not otherwise have books at home.”

This story was originally published May 16, 2017 at 11:50 AM with the headline "Domtar brings the gift of books to a Fort Mill school."