District Rotary Clubs Are Opening the Book On Kids' Literacy
Posted
on Apr 02, 2015
As members of the Bloomfield and Terryville Rotary Clubs can tell you, reading truly is FUNdamental. Their members are among the many Rotarians across the country who take a leadership position on child literacy.
And it's fitting, in District that was home to Dr. Seuss. The beloved children's author lived in Springfield, and this year, Read Across America Day fell right on his birthday.
So Terryville Rotarians decided to gather at Plymouth Elementary School to read to children in their classrooms. Participating members (seen from left to right in the photo) were Bill Hawley, Lisa Aiudi, Karen Krasicky, Kim Klaneski, Nancy O'Donnell, Michael Ganem and Dick Dill. Read Across America Day is an initiative on reading created by the National Education Association. It falls each year on the school day closest to March 2, Dr. Seuss' birthday, and the Terryville Rotarians are committed to making it a special day for kids in their community.
Another club in our District stepping up for child literacy in a big way is the Bloomfield Rotary, which has a track record in this area. Back in December, Bloomfield Rotarians presented each of the 260 third and fourth grader at Metacomet Elementary School with a book called "The Courage of Sarah Noble," by Alice Dalgliesh. The book tells the true story of a young pioneer girl who comes to Connecticut with her family during the early 18th century. And in February, the Bloomfield Rotarians were back at the school to read portions of the book to the children, and to accompany them on a field trip to the historic Old Farm School. This is the fourth consecutive year that Bloomield Rotary has donated books to Metacomet students. Their project was partly funded with District matching grant funds.