OMRO, Wis. (NBC 26) — We are celebrating a milestone at NBC 26 with our “If You Give a Child a Book…” campaign.
Since 2016 E.W. Scripps-owned TV stations across the country have raised money to donate books to title one schools and recently donated our 1 millionth book.
To celebrate, 25,000 kids across the country including the first through 5th-grade students at Omro Elementary School and H.B. Patch Elementary School received their own copy of the latest book in the popular Dog Man series, donated by the wildly popular author, Dav Pilkey.
“I was just like this. I couldn’t even scream I was so happy,” says 4th grader, Adam Kortbein.
“I think it’s exciting. I’m definitely going to show my mom and dad,” adds 4th grader, Ayla Stobbee.
This year, Omro Elementary Schools …