Mr. Gallagher, who has a penchant for quoting Maggie L. Walker, seeks to get the total community involved in wiping out this childhood menace. He believes that the community, working together with dedicated teachers, librarians, families and others, can erase the problem. The 3R campaign aims to ensure that any program that touches a child's life, whether at church, in the community, the park or anywhere else, promotes literacy. Other elements include tutorial programs and a Book Bank to gather books and get them into needy children's hands. In that role, Mr. Gallagher often travels abroad to handle international business deals for the firm's clients and also represents technology start-up companies in Richmond.
Children know that and feel that instinctively.
Focus on the younger kids, where the gap is less, the costs are within reach, and the benefits will go on for years. Refuse to accept anything less than victory for our kids. A swim at Ginter Park pool, reading a story with the kids, sitting with my wife on the love seat on the side porch, feet up with a bag full of Popsicles. We can build the life we want here. We met in Russia, fell in love in a couple of days, and several months later married.