A 17-year-old Stone Memorial High School senior has raised $14,000 to provide every Pre-K to third-grade student in Cumberland County with books about agriculture.

Leilah Crawford came up with the idea while serving in the Future Farmers of America.

She helps her family run a sunflower farm called Crawford Family Farms. For her living-to-serve plan, she combined her love of reading and agriculture.

The idea to donate the books came during a visit to a family farm through the Tennesee Governor’s School for the Agricultural Sciences at U.T. Martin.

She began raising money in August.

The books arrived in late November before being distributed through early December.

The books deal with agriculture, the importance of farmers, and where food comes from.

So far, 2,500 students in Cumberland County have received these books.

Crawford plans to double major in college in Agriculture Education and Agriculture Communications.