Specifically, the program provides new parents with a book bag filled with children's literature and information about the importance of reading aloud to children. The two area hospitals have a supply of the bags ready and make sure they are distributed to each family. Many of these critical periods are over or waning by the time a child is six years old. Literacy program provides books to newborns. It's clear that the Kiwanis club, along with the Eastern School District Education Foundation, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Prince County Hospital, is aware of the importance of early reading and wants to pass along that information to those who need it most.
All indications are that it is being very well-received.
So well-received, in fact, that the extension of the project already has been approved. On-Line Community Copyright 2000, Kiwanis International. All Rights Reserved.