Ludacris

Ludacris launched the Epic Book Drive back in April to help bring books to high need schools in New Orleans which is still rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina damaged over 80% of the city’s public schools. According to the Epic Book Drive website in the most effected areas only 1 book was left after the storm for every 300 children.

The 33-year-old announced earlier this year that he was joining forces with Better World Books and DoSomething.org to launch the Epic Book Drive to provide the Recovery School District in New Orleans with new textbooks. According to a recent press release, more than 100,000 participants from across the country helped re-stock 69 New Orleans school libraries that had been destroyed in Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Rapper Ludacris helped 30,000 New Orleans students get more than 250,000 new text books for this school year. The 33-year-old announced earlier this year that he was joining forces with Better World Books and DoSomething.org to launch the Epic Book Drive to provide the Recovery School District in New Orleans with new textbooks. According to a recent press release, more than 100,000 participants from across the country helped re-stock 69 New Orleans school libraries that had been destroyed in Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Rapper Ludacris helped 30,000 New Orleans students get more than 250,000 new text books for this school year. The 33-year-old announced earlier this year that he was joining forces with Better World Books and DoSomething.org to launch the Epic Book Drive to provide the Recovery School District in New Orleans with new textbooks. According to a recent press release, more than 100,000 participants from across the country helped re-stock 69 New Orleans school libraries that had been destroyed in Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Ludacris has long been an advocate for education and the arts. Recently, his philanthropy reached a new height. After announcing earlier this year that he’d teamed with Better World Books and DoSomething.org to launch the Epic Book Drive, which helps provide books to the Recovery School District in New Orleans, reports have confirmed that the cause has now provided books to more than 30,000 New Orleans students.

Known for his philanthropic work, Ludacris recently teamed up with Better World Books and Dosomething.org to start his new cause, the Epic Book Drive. Ludacris is helping students in the Recovery School District of New Orleans. Over 100,000 people have teamed up with Ludacris to help the drive be a success. Over 30,000 New Orleans students will have new books this coming semester. A number of 250,000 books were donated to the students.

(September 1, 2011) New York, N.Y. – Global bookstore Better World Books and teen not-for-profit DoSomething.org announce today the results of their “Epic Book Drive,” an initiative launched this spring to collect books to re-stock the New Orleans’ Recovery School Disctrict. The campaign, which launched in the spring and engaged over 100,000 young people nationwide to run community book drives, collected over 250,000 books. Better World Books provided free shipping to all groups organizing drives.

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Six years after the tragic natural disaster called Hurricane Katrina, rapper/actor Ludacris is stepping up to help rebuild the community of New Orleans. How is he trying to help the cultured city? By helping re-stock and replenish its various public schools libraries. Hundreds of libraries and schools were destroyed in 2005 and many are still incapable of restoring their educational book supply.