QUESTION: What goes to Abilene, gives away 6500 books and plays with 4th and 5th graders?
ANSWER: The OP Rotary, the Abilene Rotary, the Feed the Children Initiative, and the Eisenhower Foundation!
(it takes many hands on deck to pull this off.)
A committee of our members left in the wee hours last Monday to help haul a load of children's books to Abilene participate in a book event. We throw flower petals at the following members:
Coordinated by our Book Buddy Mike Meyer through the Eisenhower Foundation, Feed the Children, and the Abilene Rotary Club, the event was held at the Eisenhower Library. Children first participated in several STEM projects (Science-Technology-Enginnering-Math), listened to Mary Eisenhower read a book, and then each received 2 books. The remaining books will be distributed by the Abilene Rotary to other regional schools.
Google photos of the event here: http://bit.ly/OPRotaryEisenhowerPhoto