Vancouver Alumnae Club Fraternity Day of Service

On March 2, 2010, members of the Vancouver Alumnae Club participated in a literacy event to commemorate Pi Beta Phi’s Fraternity Day of Service and Dr. Seuss’s birthday. The event, held at Harry Hooge Elementary School in Maple Ridge, B.C., included a Dr. Suess video for the Primary Grades, reading of Dr. Seuss books by members in the individual classrooms and refreshments. First Book bookplates were also distributed for the children to decorate.

In addition, a check presentation was made to the school to purchase additional books for their “Home Reading Cart”. The Vancouver Alumnae Club has supported the school for the past three years with donations of books and monies for the book cart. The purpose of the “Home Reading Cart” is to provide the appropriate level of books for the students to check-out for home reading. Many of these students do not have books at home to practice their reading skills; therefore, it is necessary for literacy progress to have access to these books.