NWMO partners with Books in the Bruce literacy program

Officials with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) are pleased to partner with Books in the Bruce, a non-profit monthly literacy program developed to help create access to reading opportunities for children in the community.

Books in the Bruce hosts 20 families at the Pine River United Church where they have access to healthy snacks and refreshments before beginning with a welcoming sing-a-long followed by the reading of two separate books.

After a few more songs, the families decide which of the two books they would like to take home to add to their own library. The program began in September and will finish, for this year, at the end of June.
 

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Each child receives a book to take home at the end of each monthly session; photos courtesy of NWMO
 

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Colleen Shute, founder and organizer of the program, is thrilled with the support of partners, such as the NWMO and others.

“Gaining support and financial assistance from the community and companies like the NWMO, helps to deliver children's literacy into the home and hands of young minds,” she said. “With all the technology these days, it's rewarding to watch children sit down with a book in a positive learning atmosphere and let their minds create, imagine and go places they never thought possible.”

For more information about Books in the Bruce, visit the group's Facebook page: www.facebook.com/pineriverunited/.



Colleen Shute (left of sign), organizer of Books in the Bruce, receives a cheque for $1,000 from Becky Smith of NWMO; representatives of the NWMO thoroughly enjoyed attending the Books in the Bruce January program to see the results of their sponsorship in action; it was heartwarming, not to mention “FUN,” to see so many little people getting a head start on literacy