Our first ever Soup and Stories event at the science centre was better than we ever dreamed of.
Amy counted more than 200 children in total at the story times, accompanied by almost as many adults.
For those of you who weren’t there, we had so many families at the first story time that we had to close the doors and ask late-comers to wait.
The delicious alphabet soup was a huge hit and very little was left-over.
Queen and Princess Silver Star and the Vernon Vipers, and their mascot Sniper, all added to the fun and spirit of the day.
Many thanks again to our wonderful, engaging storytellers – Doris, Judy, Gabe and Kevin; Sandi Dixon and her staff at the science centre; Pat and his staff at Bannister Honda; Colin and the Silver Star Rotary soup makers/servers; Galina and her VantageOne marketing staff: The Morning Star, Sun FM and Sutton Realty.
Recently, we sorted hundreds of children’s books and have them boxed and ready to be delivered to 15 agencies in the region. Three Vernon elementary schools with higher numbers of disadvantaged kids each received a Honda heaped with books, generously donated by students from three other schools.
Plans for next year are already percolating.
Thank you again for helping us celebrate families and literacy.
Debbie Schiller,
Executive Director
The Junction Literacy
and Youth Centres
