Today the University of Georgia Athletic Association had a day of service in Clarke County Schools and the community. We used these volunteers to support the many poetry lessons that are happening in the media center and in individual classrooms. Along with send twelve readers to go into classrooms, the athletic association also purchased 12 new poetry books to donate to our media center. Volunteers went to 5 classrooms: Ms Spurgeon’s PreK, Mrs. Hart’s 1st grade, and Mrs. Oprey, Mrs. Slongo and Mrs. Beshara’s 5th grade classrooms. They read poetry to students and worked alongside students as they wrote poems for our poetry contest and for Poem in Your Pocket Day.
Thank You! to the following volunteers from UGA:
Steve Colquitt
Carol Capitani
Tim Cearley
Julie Clark
Jay Clark
George Cleare
Sara Bradburry
Manuel Diaz
Kelley Hester
Todd Grantham
Claire Foggin
Greg McGarity
Also many thanks for donating the following books:
You Read to Me I’ll Read to You: very short fables to read together
A Dazzling Display of Dogs
Messing Around on the Monkey Bars
The Underwear Salesman
Every Second Something Happens
The Wonder Book
Change Up
One Big Rain
Our Farm
The Carnival of the Animals
Poetrees
Poem in Your Pocket for Young Poets
Expect the Miraculous 
Very cool! I know Sara Bradburry – we live in the same neighborhood – I bet she loved coming into your school! I wonder if GA Gwinnett College would be willing to do something like this, they are not as big as UGA, but maybe I should inquire about something like this for next year at my school (they are about 5 miles away from us!)
That sounds like a great idea. I do a couple of community reader events during the year and then try to do one or two UGA reading events too. The athletic department is literally across the street so it’s easy to get them to walk over. This particular day was a day of service that they do every year in the whole community, but they are always willing to come and help out.