Emporium Rotary Club
September is National Literacy Month📖
Education and Literacy are combined as one of Rotary's 7 main areas of focus.
This month we are continuing our literacy efforts in ways we have done for years, and also some new ways!
We were able to provide Andy & Elmer coloring books to 2nd graders at Woodland and Austin Elementary schools, dictionaries to 3rd graders at Woodland and Austin Elementary schools, purchase books for the Reading Under the Lights program in Cameron County, and new this year: we contributed to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program in Cameron County!
With DPIL, children age 0-5 can receive free monthly books (this will resume in November in Cameron County).
These programs also give us a chance to teach children about the importance of community service.
This is all made possible by the generosity of our community. Each time you attend our picnic, purchase our chili at Christmas in the Wilds, buy a chance for an item we are raffling, make a donation to our club, and more, you are ensuring that programs like these can continue in our communities.
Thank you
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