Hundreds of kids and volunteers gathered on the Green for a literacy party hosted by LEAP, a local youth-focused nonprofit. The event, called a Read-In, brought together 11-year-old Jeremiah Williams and other young readers to share their favorite books with each other and with volunteers.
Community Comes Together
Jeremiah, who just finished the school year at the new Edmonds Cofield Preparatory Academy, said he felt good about how the reading went. He was one of hundreds of orange-T-shirt-wearing campers to participate in the Read-In, which also brought out 200-plus LEAP counselors and 80 adult volunteers.
Gov. Ned Lamont, Mayor Justin Elicker, Supt. Madeline Negrón, State Sens. Martin Looney and Gary Winfield, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, and U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro were among the officials who attended the event and exhorted the transporting, connecting power of reading.
Alisha Crutchfield-McLean led her kids through Amari Goes to the Doctor, while Tameka Grant-Mack took her kids page by page through Say Something! Jeremiah swapped places with volunteer Divine Holmes to read Strollercoaster, written by Matt Ringler and illustrated by Raúl the Third and Elaine Bay.
Original reporting: New Haven Independent — read the source article.
