2 more Ben Carson Reading Rooms open
Ben Carson Reading Rooms recently opened at two Catoosa County schools — one on the Ringgold Elementary/primary campus and the other at Woodstation Elementary School in Rock Spring.
Opening day programs and ribboncutting ceremonies were held Friday, March 12, at the schools.
The reading rooms are through the generosity of the Holland Family Foundation.
The Ben Carson Reading Project, founded by retired world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon and New York Times bestselling authors Dr. Ben Carson and his wife, Candy, is an initiative of the Carson Scholars Fund (CSF).
CFS co-founder Candy Carson attended the March 12 ceremonies.
The purpose of the Ben Carson
Reading Project is to create a literacy-enriched environment for children to enhance their reading skills. The reading project is dedicated to promoting reading as a key to unlocking a child’s full potential.
These are the fourth and fifth Ben Carson Reading Rooms in Catoosa County Public Schools to be sponsored by the Holland Family Foundation.
Academy Sports + Outdoors gift card to one donor every hour at all Blood Assurance drives and centers. The event will culminate in a grand prize giveaway of fifteen $500 gift cards to Top Golf. Fifteen $500 Top Golf gift cards will be given away to donors who give between March 30 and April 5. For donors to enter they only need to donate once. Fifteen random donors will be chosen to win the grand prize.
Blood Assurance is maintaining procedures put in place due to COVID-19 including extra cleaning, social distancing, and a mask requirement.
To be eligible to donate blood, you must be at least 17 years old (16 years old with parental consent), weigh 110 pounds or more and be in good health. Donors are asked to drink plenty of fluids — avoiding caffeine — and eat a meal that is rich in iron prior to donating.