Community Volunteers Make Pages to Possibilities a Success
Community Coordinated Care for Children, Inc. (4C) recently hosted the second annual Pages to Possibilities. This community-driven initiative brings the power of books and learning directly to children and families.
Community partners, educators, families, and friends joined us in celebrating the joy of reading with children in Early Head Start and Head Start Preschool classrooms. These partnerships can have a lasting impact on young lives and enhance literacy, learning, and family engagement.
Notable readers from the community who participated in reading to students as part of this literacy initiative included:
- John Mina, Orange County Sheriff
- Nicole Wilson, Orange County Commissioner
- Christina Moore, Orange County Commissioner
- Maribel Gomez Cordero, Orange County Commissioner
- Mike Scott, Orange County Commissioner
- Brandon Arrington, Osceola County Commissioner
- Cheryl Grieb, Osceola County Commissioner
- Shan Rose, Orlando Commissioner
- Bakari Burns, Orlando Commissioner
- Johanna Lopez, State Representative
- Gary Siplin, Former State Senator
- Natalie Rogers, OTTER Program Manager
- Whitney Chisholm, Barry University
- Michael Rosillo, 4C Board Member
- Catherine Franco, 4C Board Member
- Sam Ram, Children Home Society
- Sonya Hill, Orange County Head Start Director
- Jacy Mesh, Executive Clinical Director of Lukas
- Jennifer Loder, Lukas clinical social worker
- Joselyn Hills, We Care Support
- Inma Sanchez and Jerry Millan, Alianza Center
Community members volunteered their time, donated books and resources, shared their expertise, and forged partnerships for long-term impact. Together, we are opening the pages that lead to endless possibilities for our children.
We sincerely appreciate the commitment of all community volunteers to education and community engagement. Their efforts inspire a lifelong love of reading and learning in our youth.