Second graders enjoy stories read by visitors
![a volunteer reading a story to second graders sitting on the floor a volunteer reading a story to second graders sitting on the floor](/sites/wilkesbarre/files/styles/top_feature_area/public/reading1%25203%2520x%25202%2520ratio.png?itok=z_IT8jG1)
Credit: Penn State
May 1, 2019
LEHMAN, Pa. – Penn State Wilkes-Barre faculty and staff participated in the 23rd annual Community Reading Day on April 25. Sponsored by the Greater Pittston and Greater Wilkes-Barre Chambers of Commerce, the event organizes volunteers who go into second-grade classrooms in the area and read to the children. The goal is to help develop a love of reading in students at a young age.
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![five volunteer readers from Penn State Wilkes-Barre](https://wilkesbarre.psu.edu/sites/wilkesbarre/files/reading2_3x2_ratio.png)
Penn State Wilkes-Barre Community Reading Day volunteers. From left, sitting: Erin Brennan, Lorna Chin, Ann Brennan; back: Pam Langdon, Megan Mac Gregor.