EDMOND — Students raise money for trip to NYC
More than 40 students from Sequoyah Middle School, North High School and UCO’s new youth choir are raising money to travel to New York City in May and sing in Carnegie Hall.
Community fundraisers include a “gift wrapping marathon” set for Dec. 13 and “caroling for cash” scheduled the week of Dec. 14.
A performance with Edmond Community Choir is scheduled Dec. 5 at the First Christian Church in Edmond.
Edmond Kumon students donate 2,000 books to charity
Kumon Math and Reading Center students of Edmond recently donated more than 2,000 books to Citizens Caring for Children. This is the largest donation in Kumon North America’s book drive history and benefits the local United Way Agency that supports children entering the foster care system.
“Our book drive educated students about the importance of helping children in our community,” said RussAnn Anderson, director, Kumon Math and Reading Center of Edmond. “At Kumon, we believe all children have unlimited potential, and by giving a gift of a book, we hope to bring joy to a child in transition.”
In honor of National Book Month, Edmond Kumon students and staff organized a month-long book drive in October. Students and staff divided into teams to see who could donate the most books. The Kumon staff even started a city-wide scavenger hunt to buy books from multiple book stores.
Many of the books donated were from Kumon’s Recommended Reading List, a 280-title book list that acts as a “go-to” guide for parents and is designed specifically to cultivate a love of reading and profound understanding of the English language in children. At least a third of the books on the Recommended Reading List have won literary awards such as the Newbery, Pulitzer Prize, Caldecott and the National Book Awards, presented by the National Book Foundation.
