McGregor ISD first-grader spends summer donating hundreds of books to her school

MCGREGOR, Texas (KXXV) – “I wanted to do this because it not only helps my beauty pageant, but it also helps my school,” said Ambree Oliver, a student at McGregor Elementary School.

Seven-year-old first-grader Ambree is already eager to help her community.

When Ambree entered her very first beauty pageant, she had to donate at least one book to an organization of her choice – but one wasn’t enough for Ambree.

In just a few weeks she collected more than 300 books for McGregor Primary School.

She says the whole thing was made possible by the help of her neighbors.

“We went to Kid Stop, and Kids Stop had a lot of books they no longer needed, and they just let us return them,” Oliver said.

25 messages spoke with Kelly Levesque, principal of McGregor ISD Elementary School, who said she is grateful to have Ambree as part of the community.

“Ambree is such a great kid – she really took the time and thought about it,” Levesque said.

“She loves reading – she’s an avid reader, so it’s incredible that she’s giving back to the school in this way.”

25 messages spoke with Ambree’s mother Chelsea Oliver, who said she was more than proud of her daughter’s achievements.

“She just wanted to go the extra mile – we could have taken a book off her shelf, but she didn’t want that, so we kept asking and getting more and more,” Chelsea Oliver said.

“It was great to see the community come together like that.”

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