When Twin Lakes Future Fund members heard Candace Beavers from the Norfork Summer Feeding Program say she wished she could give each kid a book with their meal, they stepped up and made her hope happen.
Photo: Norfork Summer Feeding Program book recipients.
Three of the Twin Lakes Future Fund board members, Philip Frame, Eric Lunnen and Bailey Bodenhamer, have delivered boxes of books for the children to pick from.
Photo: Norfork Summer Feeding Program book recipients.
The books are theirs to read, take home and keepor swap with their friends. There are enough books for them to take home several books per week during the summer program.
Photo: Norfork Summer Feeding Program book recipient.
Twin Lakes Future Fund is made up of young professionals ages 25-49, with about 60 members. They are committed to improving their communities.
This year the organization’s focus is on improving grade-level reading scores in the Twin Lakes area.
Photo: Norfork Summer Feeding Program book recipients.
Twin Lakes Future Funds annual grant cycle is open and runs through Aug. 15. Nonprofits, schools, libraries and hospitals may apply.
The organization’s members will give priority to proposals focusing on parent engagement in helping their children learn to read. Applications are available online at .
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