Stephanie Gelinas begins her year as President by continuing the tradition of asking Rotarians to live by our motto, Service Above Self. In doing so, the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club will be asking all members to participate in monthly service projects.
Community Service Co-Chairs, Christine Wilson and Celeste Yakawonis, announced that the July service project will be Book Reach! Book Reach is an organization made up of over 40 volunteers who commit a minimum of 1 hour per week to read to children at over a hundred day cares in the Lewiston-Auburn area. Research and statistics show that children who are read to starting at a very young age generally excel and perform better when they enter school. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) "strongly recommends reading to children every day, starting after they are first born," because "reading stimulates the development of the brain, language and a closer emotional relationship with a child."
The Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club would like to encourage all of its members to stand behind the effort and donate an hour of their time every week to read to children. Interested Rotarians should contact fellow Rotarian Mac McPeake: mtpeake@comcast.net
For more information on Book Reach, click here.