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New group advocates child literacy
Ferst Foundation to provide books for area youngsters
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A Bulloch County volunteer group is raising money to prepare youngsters for a lifetime of reading success. Through a partnership with Georgia’s Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy, a community action team formed earlier this year plans to donate books to children at the outset of their education.The Ferst Foundation is a nonprofit organization currently operating in more than 70 Georgia counties. Its mission is to provide books for local communities, “to prepare all Georgia preschool children for reading and learning success.”Local volunteers, dubbed the Bulloch County Ferst Foundation Community Action Team, hope to begin a program here that would provide enrolled children with one book, along with reading guides and activity pages, each and every month through their 5th birthdays, according to Michelle Reidel, a Community Action Team member.
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