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Carrie was introduced by
Bonny, at the beginning of
our Breakfast.
 Welcome
everyone and Happy Family
Literacy Day! FLD is a
nationally celebrated day
every Jan 27 to promote
learning together as a
family. Is there a better
day than to officially kick
off the Rotary Club of
Chatham Sunrise
BABIES AND BOOKS
Belong Together
Campaign?!
We
know:
that Early Literacy skills
develop early in life (@
birth) and are critical to a
child’s health, behaviour,
school and lifelong success.
We
know:
The early experiences
children have in the first
3years of life have a
profound impact on how the
brain develops.
 We
know: what we do NOW
matters!!
Parents Know: that they
love their children more
than anything in the world
and they want what’s best
for their newborn.
Just as
they are eager to learn how
to feed them, how to care
for them, how to keep them
safe….they want to know,
they must know ….. how to
grow healthy minds and
spirits!!
Rotary knows…..giving
this book says that Literacy
is important; that literacy
begins in the home and that
reading to children develops
– their language, listening,
rhyming, singing,
imagination and creativity
…. It says to mothers and
fathers “YOU” are your
child’s most and important
teacher….because reading to
a child teaches them to love
and trust, to speak and to
listen!
And
….because we all know that
we can never have those
early years over again.
Thank
you Rotary members for your
commitment to this message
and to the families of
Chatham Kent. Thank you for
working together with the
community - especially the
wonderful project partners
in this room – Prism Centre,
the Public Health Unit,
Imagination Ink, CK
Children’s Services and the
Ontario Early Years Centre.
Together we are laying the
foundation towards healthy
child development one book
at a time.
The
benefit to children and
their well being will extend
for years beyond the funding
you provide- To conclude I’d
like to share with you a
book written by Rosemary
Wells…Read to Bunny!
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  Members
quickly worked & prepared
the babies books for
delivery. Labels with our
club name & website were
placed on the covers & an
insert about the benefits of
literacy was folded
inside. Record time – we
were done! (All those
working days in the Roses’
prep, sure helped out!)
The
meeting adjourned with a
tour of the OELC Toy & Book
Lending Library, the recent
recipient of our Christmas
collections.
Carrie
received a book for the
Literary Angels program –
“The Van” – how appropriate!
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