One of our schools, Beverly Shores Elementary in Leesburg, FL had their annual “Muffins with Moms” get-together at 7:30 AM on Thursday May 11th. Imagine 500+ moms, grandmothers, aunts, and some dads bringing their children to school and sitting together for muffins and juice. And then there were hundreds of little ones not of school age yet who came along.

Tutors for Kids hosted a free book giveaway to all children. Eight tutor volunteers  passed out almost 700 free books.  The books were made possible by a grant from United Way of Lake and Sumter County. Each parent received a paper with links to websites to help their children during the summer break. Also they received a form to sign if their child read for one hour a day on five days a week for each week during the summer. The student would bring the form back to school in August and Tutors for Kids would give that student 2 free books.