This editorial appeared in the Ithaca Journal. Ithaca is where I grew up and it is often described as “10 square miles srrounded by reality.” Things like this show that is not always the case. I still live in Tompkins County and am proud of the area. – Bill Drew
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Literacy: Local group earns praise
There are times when we are reminded there’s more to life’s equation than cynicism comprehends. There are those who need, but there are tireless people doing wonderful things to help others.
Family Reading Partnership co-founder and Executive Director Brigid Hubberman’s inclusion in the July 22 Newsweek “America’s Bestâ€? feature is one of those reminders.
Nominated by Ithacan and Cornell staff writer Diane Lebo Wallace, Hubberman shares the spotlight in the feature with two Georgia mothers who created a medical research foundation, doctors who work with Africa’s poor, a man who created a store that “sellsâ€? food to the hungry at whatever price they can afford, and a man who uses the outdoors to empower at-risk kids. It’s a national stage and some grand company, and an honor Hubberman and all those behind the Family Reading Partnership richly deserve.
For most Tompkins County residents, the Family Reading Partnership has become as much a part of our reality as walks in cool summer gorges and hot-tempered debates about everything. For years it’s been hard to drive or walk around the area without stopping to stare at one of the partnership’s giant “Read to Meâ€? banners, created and spread out around the county courtesy of the group’s massive contributor network and coalition of individuals, schools, libraries and businesses. The group’s goal is to promote reading as a family value – particularly reading aloud to young children to promote literacy and lifelong communication skills — and they put up more than banners to do it.
This editorial appeared in the Ithaca Journal. Ithaca is where I grew up and it is often described as “10 square miles srrounded by reality.” Things like this show that is not always the case. I still live in Tompkins County and am proud of the area. – Bill Drew
The full story is at:
Literacy: Local group earns praise
There are times when we are reminded there’s more to life’s equation than cynicism comprehends. There are those who need, but there are tireless people doing wonderful things to help others.
Family Reading Partnership co-founder and Executive Director Brigid Hubberman’s inclusion in the July 22 Newsweek “America’s Bestâ€? feature is one of those reminders.
Nominated by Ithacan and Cornell staff writer Diane Lebo Wallace, Hubberman shares the spotlight in the feature with two Georgia mothers who created a medical research foundation, doctors who work with Africa’s poor, a man who created a store that “sellsâ€? food to the hungry at whatever price they can afford, and a man who uses the outdoors to empower at-risk kids. It’s a national stage and some grand company, and an honor Hubberman and all those behind the Family Reading Partnership richly deserve.
For most Tompkins County residents, the Family Reading Partnership has become as much a part of our reality as walks in cool summer gorges and hot-tempered debates about everything. For years it’s been hard to drive or walk around the area without stopping to stare at one of the partnership’s giant “Read to Meâ€? banners, created and spread out around the county courtesy of the group’s massive contributor network and coalition of individuals, schools, libraries and businesses. The group’s goal is to promote reading as a family value – particularly reading aloud to young children to promote literacy and lifelong communication skills — and they put up more than banners to do it.
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