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* Jefferson Elementary Center students got rewarded last week for their summer reading during the Golden Ticket Book Fair, which is in its third year. Students earned golden tickets for books they read over the summer and at fairs throughout Wood County Schools where they were able to cash them in for more books. Project organizers work hard to keep students' love of reading alive. "If we don't have a title that they really want, and they're in the middle of a series and want the next book in the series, we order that," said Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Wood County Schools Ashlee Beatty. Hap and Meg Esbenshade, and the Spartan Foundation are among supporters of the program. "We're so thankful for them," Beatty said. "They have funded things literacy-focused for years." Our communities are thankful, too. Anything that helps spark a lifelong love of learning and reading is good not just for the kids, but for all of us.
* GoPacks' Community Resource Fair in Marietta helped connect local families with resources ranging from food to physicals Aug. 23. GoPacks is well known for making sure students in Marietta and the surrounding areas have access to nutritious food as it works to connect families with resources to fight food insecurity. But there is more to health and wellbeing than food, and the resource fair brought together Memorial Health Systems, Marietta City Schools, Washington Morgan Community Action Program, the Washington County Family and Children First Council, House of Hope, the American Red Cross, the Marietta/Belpre Health Department, Marietta College, Buckeye Hills Regional Council, Caresource, Suicide Awareness Alliance of Washington County and more to support families. "I hope the people who come here found a resource they did not know existed here in this area, something new that they can use and share with their family," said GoPacks Director Heather Warner. Helping even one family find a hand up is important. Helping as many as were reached during the Community Resource Fair is incredible. Thank you, folks.