Pinellas County Groups Collaborate To Promote Literacy

The Early Learning Coalition (ELC), St. Petersburg Police Department, YMCA and Juvenile Welfare Board (JWB) work together to bring Officer Friendly’s Book Club to preschoolers at the Speer YMCA Preschool Academy in Midtown.

On Monday, October 19, Officer Josh Hall, Speer’s own Officer Friendly, read Say Hello to Zorro! by Carter Goodrich to the four-year-old classes at Speer as a part of the JWBs Read Across the Globe event, an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for most children read to by adults in one day.

Learn more about Officer Friendly’s Book Club and the Read Across the Globe event by following this link to the full article posted on The Weekly Challenger.