The last Family Fun Event for the three-year-old class at Simpson Head Start in Easley, SC was held at the Captain Kimberly Hampton Memorial Library on Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Over fifty people attended the pizza dinner and awards ceremony. The children performed to the delight of their parents and each child received their special blue book bag and certificate for having participated in the Raising A Reader program this year.

The Raising A Reader program in Easley was financed by the Easley Rotary Club. It is a circulating book bag program that sends four new books home each week for twenty weeks. During this time parents are invited to attend four sessions to learn about reading with young children. The last session is held at the County Library near the Head Start Center and gives the families an opportunity to learn about available resources and for the Youth Services Librarian to provide a story time for the children. This is the first year for this program in this area of South Carolina and Ready 4 Reading is the provider of Raising A Reader. The program is off to a great start and Ready 4 Reading is planning on expanding to other centers next year in partnership with United Way, SHARE Head Start, local Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs.

For more information about the Raising A Reader program please contact the office at 864-250-8868 or by email at info@ready4reading.org.

posted: 10 May 6
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