HU Child Dev. Center Celebrates Read Across America

Hampton, VA - Teachers and students at Hampton University’s Child Development Center will join millions of their peers across the nation to celebrate the National Education Association’s (NEA) Read Across America program with Celebrity Readers Day. The event welcomes three area celebrities on March 2 at 11 a.m. to the Center, located in Eva C. Mitchell Hall, 50 E. Tyler Street, Hampton, Va.

The HU Child Development Center welcomes Fort Monroe Garrison Commander Col. Anthony D. Reyes, HU Class of 1984, city of Hampton Police Chief Charles Jordan, Jr., and Mrs. Doretha Spells, HU vice president of business affairs and treasurer, as celebrity guest readers. The three will read books to the children and sign autographs. Following the readings, each classroom will participate in age-appropriate activities related to the theme of the stories.

“It is with a great deal of excitement that we are able to have community support showing the children that education can lead to exciting and rewarding careers,” said Constance Goode, director of the HU Child Development Center.

Launched in 1998, Read Across America is the nation’s largest celebration of reading. NEA’s Read Across America, which falls on beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss’s birthday, expects more than 45 million readers, both young and old, to pick up a book and read. With research showing that children who are motivated to read perform better in school, this annual reading motivation and awareness program aims to bring reading excitement to children of all ages.