Woman helps fill new jail’s library shelves

Amanda Allen is quite the super patron. She is the founder of Motor City Kids Book Drive, a nonprofit group that brings books to inner-city kids.

Allen, a Port Huron native, wants to expand the organization into St. Clair County. She decided to start by bringing books to the jail after hearing inmates didn’t have many reading choices.

“It will help us because we have plenty of time on our hands while we’re here,” he said. “I’m not just sitting around, I’m trying to better myself. It would help if we got a couple of books to better ourselves.”