Rotary Takes Part in Better Basics Reads Day
On May 2nd, 50 Rotary Club of Birmingham representatives gave their time to read aloud to students in pre-K through 5th grade classrooms across the city, as part of Better Basics Reads Day. The RCB Foundation provided a copy of the grade-level book shared for each student in the classes to take home. In total, nearly 600 volunteers gathered at 29 schools and over 14,000 books were provided to students in Birmingham, Bessemer, and Fairfield City Schools, as well as Restoration and i3 Academies.
Those participating included Rebecca Beers, Mary Boehm, Derek Brown, Betts Bryars, Roger & Leslie Carlisle, June Clark, Elaine & Darrell Cook, Allison Cornelius, Steve Davis, Jen Dent, Brantley Fry, Jim Fuqua, Jeris Gaston, Nancy Goedecke, Henry Graham, Emily Hall, Jim Hughey, Ken Jackson, Susan Jackson, Alesia Jones, Scarlotte Kilgore, Libby Lassiter, Matt Lusco, Gordon Martin, Stephanie Mays, Mason Morris, Debra Nelson, Cat Outzen, Jim Park, Ben Pitts, Alan Rogers, Barbara Royal, Dawn Sharff, Steve Shaw, Camille Spratling, John Steiner, Bob Terry, Bill Todd, Susan Waldrop, Kennon Walthall, Clark Watson, Katrina Watson, Joel Welker and Marjorie White.
