By Stell Simonton – excerpted from Youth Today | July 18, 2016
Every young life starts out with promise, and the adults who love a child yearn for that child to have a bright future.
But what if a simple barrier at an early age sets a child up for failure?
Difficulty in reading is such a barrier between a grade-level reading problem ...
More than 350 kids at PAL Camp New Haven—run by New Haven Police Athletic League (PAL)—are getting books from Read to Grow! Sgt. Albert McFadden of the New Haven Police Department picked up the books on July 12 from Linda Sylvester at Read to Grow. The camp, for city kids ages 8-13, runs July 5-August 5. More than a dozen police officers from the New Haven Police Department, Southern Connecticut State University, University of New Haven, and Yale University participate. Camp activities include ...
Continue Reading#BooksForEveryBaby received a big backing from Connecticut legislators on July 6 with the donation of hundreds of books! Collections were held at the State Capitol and Legislative Office Building over the winter and spring.
Senators Ted Kennedy Jr. (District 12), Martin Looney (Senate President-District 11) and Len Fasano (Senate Minority Leader-District 34) delivered the books to Read to Grow’s office in Branford.
Teri Gavigan, Executive Assistant at General Assembly, organized the collections.
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