In March, we began delivering multiple book sets to the first two of eight South Carolina Department of Veterans' Affairs (SCDVA) nursing facilities throughout South Carolina. This project, dubbed "Operation Bookdrop," is a collaboration between the South Carolina State Library, the SC Department of Veterans' Affairs, and South Carolina Humanities to provide reading materials to veterans.
SCDVA Veteran Village residents in Florence and Patriot's Village in Sumter were excited about the new selections added to their libraries, and new libraries were set up for future residents. This program will continue until all facilities have been supplied with a resident library.
Admission to state-run Veteran home facilities is limited to Veterans who have been separated from the U.S. Armed Forces under general or honorable conditions and qualify as South Carolina citizens who are in need of skilled or intermediate nursing home care.
