| Library Director, John Szabo, and Commissioner Nancy Boxill flank Sergeant Angel Higgins after she was presented with letters from over 200 children throughout the library system. Children from the New Century School (pictured) read their letters aloud at the 9/11 event. |
The first national 9/11-Day of Service and Remembrance, the culmination of the United We Serve initiative, was observed at the Central Library. This event also wrapped-up the Children’s Letter Writing Campaign, reinforced the message that United We Serve is a call for sustained, meaningful volunteer service beyond the summer drive and included a volunteer “read-in.”
Waving small American flags, students from the New Century School, the Sankova Center, home schooled students and their teachers assembled in the Children’s Department. Several children read letters they had written to children of military families and to soldiers. The students then presented hundreds of letters written during the Children’s Letter Writing Campaign to Sergeant Angel Higgins of the U.S. Army National Guard. Sergeant Higgins who is with the Family Programs Division of the National Guard took the letters to be distributed to military families and soldiers.
Fulton County Commissioner, Nancy Boxill, commended the students on their volunteer efforts and encouraged them to continue to look for ways to help their families and community. John Szabo, Library Director, thanked the children and gave special acknowledgement to Sergeant David Thrash, the children’s librarian at the Alpharetta Branch, who is currently deployed with the U.S. Marines in Afghanistan.
The event concluded with the children enjoying Commissioner Boxill and John Turner, Executive Director of the Georgia Commission on Service and Volunteerism, reading several stories peppered with questions and answers.
For more information on volunteer opportunities with the library, contact Marcy Meyers at 404-730-1965;
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| Fulton County Commissioner, Nancy Boxill, shares the joy of reading with young library patrons. |
John Turner, Executive Director of the Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism, read a story that included a geography lesson. |
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A student from the New Century School read his letter of support to a child whose parent is serving in the military overseas.
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Volunteers from the Georgia Commission on Service and Volunteerism helped with the 9/11 event. Refreshments were provided by the Friends of the Central Library.
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