HUGHESTOWN — Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce celebrated the 23rd Community Reading Day by bringing community and business volunteers to read to the students of Pittston Area’s Martin F. Quinn Primary Center.
Community Reading Day helps to promote literacy and encourage life-long reading with the students. Community and business volunteers visited the kindergarten and first-grade classrooms to read a book to the students, and then discuss the books, as well as their career. The book was then donated to the classroom library.
This year’s volunteers were from the following organizations: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, Dress for Success, Pittston Area Superintendent, Valley Meat and Deli, Schott North America, Joyce Insurance, Burke, Vullo, Reilly, Roberts, Attorneys at Law, Greater Pittston YMCA, retired educator, Pittston Memorial Library, FNCB Bank, All Service Rite INC, Commonwealth Health EMS, Empowerment Education and King’s College.
Kindergarten class representatives and the reading volunteers are, from left, first row, Brian Connolly, Riley Jo Wnenta, Ava Latona, Jessica Folweiler, Hannah Joyce, Sophia Coffey, and Matias Fernandez. Second row, Aunali Barge, Barbara Varaksa, Jennifer Borton, Alexa Wall, SWB Railriders “Champ”, Kayla Smith, and Kristine Kenney. Third row, Ginger Renfer holding Austin Bartush, Lori Shimley, Victoria Shimley, Annette Smith, Diane Collins, Rob Joyce, SWB Railriders “Champ,” Kristin Boettger, Karen Smith, and Mary Kenney.
First grade-students and their reading volunteers are, from left, first row, Leo Sobeski, Michael Walsh, Bridget Bufogle, Chloe Pirillo, Silas Barborek, Arianna Williams, and Joseph Pinero. Second row, Jared Jones, Linda Armstrong, Kim Wysokinski, Mary Gola, Barb Andricks, Ryanne Ziobro with her sons Crue, Cage and Colton. Third row, Principal Art Savokinas, Bill Joyce Jr., Bill Burke Esq., SWB Railriders “Champ”, Nick Bolka, and Superintendent Kevin Booth.
