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Mountain Mobile (Book Bus)

THE MOUNTAIN MOBILE "BOOK BUS”

Girl reading on top of a stack of booksThe new Mountain Mobile (book bus) will provide children and families in Sevier County access to free books, educational resources, learning opportunities and family engagement.
School Bus graphicThis collaborative effort among Leadership Tomorrow, Sevier County School System and community partners/donors takes an out-of service school bus, refurbished and repurposed by Leadership Tomorrow (Group 3) to inspire and cultivate the love of literacy among Sevier County children.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Supervisor of Library Services
Carrie Clabo
Phone: 865-453-4671
Email: carrieclabo@sevier.org

Rebekah Owens Carr
Phone: 865-453-4671
Email: rebekahcarr@sevier.org

 

HELPFUL LINKS

The Mountain Mobile Request Form

 

"THE MOUNTAIN MOBILE" GRAND REVEAL

Leadership Tomorrow, Group 3, partnered with the school system to take a decommissioned bus and turn it into a mobile library that will travel throughout the community to provide free books and resources to students and families, specifically during the summer. On August 8, Leadership Tomorrow, Group 3, presented the fully renovated "Mountain Mobile", and a check in the amount of $23,391.31 for future bus operations to the Sevier County Board of Education.

  • To inspire, cultivate and encourage literacy opportunities and resources for Sevier County School children and families

  • The VISION for the Mountain Mobile is to meet students and families where they are to provide academic support and additional resources as needed.

  • The PURPOSE of the Mountain Mobile is to expose our students and their families to books, literacy resources, and provide additional opportunities for academic learning, as well as basic needs resources.

  • The bus will travel to highly populated locations throughout Sevier County such as local parks, community centers, libraries, school grounds, school family events, summer programs, and neighborhoods that our students and families reside in.  The bus plans to be fully operational starting in July of 2023.

  • To address the academic and basic needs of our students and their families, specifically during summer.