🌱 Event Gives Books To Kids + School Board Approves New District Map

Good morning, everybody! It's Monday in Albuquerque and I'm back in your inbox with everything you need to know about what's happening in our community. Hope you all have a great day.

But first, today's weather:

Windy and cooler. High: 46 Low: 26.

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Here are the top three stories in Albuquerque today:

1. An event on Saturday gave away thousands of books to local kids in need. The event had more than 6,000 books for all ages and 2,000 bilingual books for families and their children to choose. (KRQE News 13)
2. Albuquerque students of high school wood shop classes helped to build dog houses for families in need. The students worked with community members and Albuquerque Animal Welfare to build the insulated dog houses. (KRQE News 13)
3. The Albuquerque Public School board voted to approve a new school district map. In total, the new map will directly affect eight schools, which were placed into new districts. (Subscription: Albuquerque Journal)

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Today in Albuquerque:

• River Of Lights: A Holiday Light Show At ABQ BioPark (Varies)
• Breakthroughs With Charey Fox At Source Community Healing Oasis (5:15 PM)

From my notebook:

• Calling all holiday house hunters! Here are five new properties that just hit the market in the Albuquerque area, including a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house and a one-bathroom loft. (Albuquerque Patch)
• The Albuquerque Fire Rescue would like to congratulate its most recent paramedic graduate, Firefighter Angelo Pacheco. Angelo graduated from the CNM “Fast Track” paramedic program. Congratulations, Firefighter Pacheco! (Albuquerque Fire Rescue via Facebook)
• The annual TubaChristmas filled Old Town in Albuquerque with holiday music on Saturday. More than 100 tuba and euphonium players got together to perform. (KRQE News 13)

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You're officially in the loop for today! See you soon for your next update.

— Helen Eckhard

About me: Helen Eckhard is a marketing associate at Lightning Media Partners. Outside of work, she enjoys constructing crossword puzzles, knitting, or devising increasingly crafty ways to kill off characters in her mystery novels.