On Monday, July 29, at the celebration of giving and receiving, County Kids Read received a gift of $11,300 from 100 People Who Care Prince Edward. This is a significant gift and will help greatly with the work County Kids Reads does in the community. In the photo from left to right are: Peta Shelton, Sarah Crawford, Duncan Payne, Sandy Norval, Wendy Matthews, Anne Preston, Bill Roberts, David Fox and Janna Smith, Executive Director of the Arts Council.
A Celebration of Books and Reading
County Kids Read celebrates books and the generous donation of $10,000 from St. Mary Magdalene Church. In the photos are the students of Ms. Hymus Grade 2/3 class from PECI, the rector, Charles Morris, the wardens of St. Mary Magdalene and the volunteers from County Kids Read.
Early Childhood Educators Visit CKR Book Room
Veronica Cluett and Anne Preston hosted an event in the book room of County Kids Read on Thursday April the 18th for Early Childhood Educators. The event was organized by Community Living Prince Edward’s Resource Consultants. Anne spoke with the group about literacy, County Kids Read, and the importance of early childhood development.
Reaching for Rainbows Visits CKR Book Room
Reaching for Rainbows visited the County Kids Read book room last week. Two groups of girls came on separate days and enjoyed looking at books and choosing a book of their very own to take home.
Wellington Rotary Welcomes County Kids Reads
Anne Preston from County Kids Read was the guest speaker at the Wellington Rotary Club this past Thursday. We thank Wellington Rotary for the invitation to talk about our work and for their interest in the program.
Kinsip Makes Maple in the County Even Sweeter
Jeremiah Soucie of Kinsip House of Fine Spirts and Anne Preston of County Kids Read celebrate Maple in the County. Kinsip will be donating $1 from the sale of each bottle of their maple syrup to County Kids Read. Thanks, Kinsip!
Generous Gift from Kinsmen Club of Picton
Terry Miller and Phil St-Jean of the Picton Kinsmen Club present a cheque to Anne Preston of County Kids Read. County Kids Read would like to thank the Kinsmen for their donation and support.
Helaine Becker at Prince Edward Collegiate Institute
Canadian children’s author, Helaine Becker, visited the grades one and two classes at PECI on Tuesday, March 5th. Helaine read from two of her books, You Can Read and The Sloth at the Zoom, and spoke to the students about reading and writing.
The Baxter Centre and County Kids Read worked together to make this author visit possible. The presentation was a wonderful success.
County Kids Read at the Wellington Family Day Event
Maddy Piper and Mercedes Crowe from the ROC, along with Wendy Matthews (County Kids Read) and Liz Bosma Donovan (Wellington Rotary) were in attendance at the Wellington Family Day events at Lehigh Centre last week. County Kids Read provided books to help the Wellington Rotary launch a new free reading program website. The online site helps children with reading skills such as sight word recognition.
CKR Receives Grant from the Huff Estate Family Fund
Lanny Huff presents Janna Smith from the Arts Council and Anne Preston from County Kids Read with a cheque from the Huff Estate Family Fund. County Kids Read was one of several organizations to receive a grant from the Fund.
