Literacy Awareness Month to Conclude Soon
Literacy Awareness Month is about to come to a close. Before it reaches its end, we would like to salute all of the members of the community who are making a difference to our children. We at the Reading Club of Kent (RCK) have been battling illiteracy among impoverished children by hosting daily events that encourage both children and their parents to read every day. This year’s program has been a big success thanks to the hard work of our volunteers.—[1]—
Knowing that reading is the key to education and that education is fundamental to staying out of poverty, the RCK has been hosting reading sessions at the Kent Public Library.—[2]— Elementary schoolchildren throughout the city have been coming to read and to listen to local athletes, singers, actors, and other celebrities read their favorite stories aloud. A combined total of more than 2,500 children have attended these events.—[3]—
The RCK was established by Joseph Stack and his family. The Stack family resettled in Kent in 1892 and was disturbed by the number of children who were unable to read. They therefore vowed to fight illiteracy in Kent and the surrounding area.—[4]— Since then, the RCK has donated more than 20,000 books to children living in poverty and has held special events such as this one on an annual basis.
