Reading experts agree that reading aloud to children may be one of the most important things that adults can do to prepare kids for success in school. Their vocabulary is enriched, they learn new information and the experiences of their world are expanded, Being read to can create a love for books and generate a desire to read. In Bellaire, Texas, the local Masons are doing just that. Working together with City Manager and fellow Mason John Pape and librarian Mary Hallford, Dwight Phillips led the charge to read aloud to children at the local library, as well as collecting books to donate to the library's cache. To Read program.
Lodges can participate in Take Time To Read at any time and continue it as long as they want.
Participation especially is encouraged during Texas Public School Week held annually each March, During that week, Masons are invited to share the important historical role of Masons in Texas public schools while demonstrating support for the education of young people today. Keith Munnerlyn of Masonic Lodge No. 492 in Breckenridge, and his wife, read for an hour to first graders at East Elementary during Texas Public School Week this past March. Book drives also are important ways to take part in the program. He got more than 700 books donated from neighborhood mothers and Half Price Books in less than one month. We had all different kinds of books.