Pictured, teacher Lori DeLoache of Gale-Bailey Elementary School and her family arrive to collect 1,000+ books destined for the school.

Gale-Bailey Elementary School serves 461 pre-K through 5th grade students from the city of Marbury, which is part of Charles County, Maryland. Located south of Washington, D.C., Charles County is considered part of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Charles County has a population of 133,049 and is located in Southern Maryland. Elementary schools are composed of students from prekindergarten to grade five; middle schools have students from sixth to eighth grade; and high schools serve students in grades nine through twelve.