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Our club started in September this year with a visit from Need to Read Book Club founder, Emily Conrad.
The October Meeting, was a club highlight! We read Wringer, by Jerry Spinelli and welcomed guest speaker, Frank McDonough, who races pigeons. His willingness to share his pigeons helped us appreciate and apply the dilemma of the main character in the book.
At the end of his visit, Mr. McDonough "let his pigeons go." He said the pigeons would beat him home. AMAZING! Click on both pictures to read more about pigeon racing.
In November we read and discussed our choice of Historical Fiction books.
In December we read the Classic, A Christmas Carol.
In January we started our "Reading for Others" Service Project with a visit from Tammy Nolen, Volunteer Coordinator at the Spartanburg Children's Shelter. She explained her program and book needs of the children.
In February we read and discussed our choice of Biographies.
In March we read and discussed Mystery books.
In April we read and discussed our choice of animal books and finished our Service Project reading.
In May we wrapped up our "Reading for Others" Service Project with a book-buying event at Barnes & Noble and a book distribution event at the Spartanburg Children's Shelter.
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We are proud to announce that we read 20,217 pages and earned $907.67 to buy 193 new books for children at the Spartanburg Children's Shelter!
The following are some of our thoughts about "Reading for Others" and our visit to the Children's Shelter:
"It was amazing to pick books for the kids and then see the smiles on their faces when they picked books for themselves. It made me so happy to give to them." -Taylor
"I love to read, but this time I wasn't reading for me. This whole service project was for them." -Allison
"It made me really happy and really sad at the same time. I was sad because the situation of the kids, but happy that I could make a difference." -Ashley
"The kids were so grateful to have new books. When they came into the room, they went straight to the books. I could tell they were lonely, but we read and played together. They didn't hold anything back and at least for a little while, all the kids seemed happy and knew they mattered." -Tristen
Click on picture below to see our "Reading for Others" 2007 Slide Show at the Soup Kitchen.
TOGETHER
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
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