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One City, One Book is a program that we started in 2008, and we are happy to see that the City of Laredo has continued the tradition. The foundation is working on a few projects, which we will tell you more in the coming months.

Meanwhile, keep up with the foundation in the monthly publication LareDOS. Our president writes a column with book recommendations, literary news, and other great info.

This year's One City, One Book pick is Santiago's Children: What I Learned about Life at a Orphanage in Chile by Steve Reifenberg, the executive director of the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Reifenberg also teaches a course about international development, according to his website.

In Santiago's Children, Reifenberg writes about two years he spent at Hogar Domingo Savio in the 1980s, trying to create a stable home for children who had been abandoned or abused. Reifenberg paints vivid portraits of the children he worked with, also giving insight into the state of Chile at this time.

100 percent of the profits from the book will go toward supporting at-risk children in Chile, "and in particular to support the work of the Hogar Domingo Savio (now called Mi Club Domingo Savio)."

As soon as the library or city posts a full schedule, we'll link it.

Thanks for reading!