Mandeville, LA. -- March 8, 2009 – The Pi Beta Phi Northshore Alum Club held a bookplate signing at Barnes and Noble in Mandeville as part of its national Fraternity Day of Service. Both children and adults signed and decorated bookplates which will be placed in books distributed to underprivileged children through the First Book Program. The Northshore Alumnae Club further promoted literacy by sponsoring the Champions Are Readers (CAR) program for third-graders at Folsom Elementary last fall. CAR is a month-long reading enrichment program designed to supplement reading activities that schools already provide. The program targets third-grade students who are at a critical juncture in developing good reading skills and a life-long love of reading.
The Fraternity’s commitment to literacy dates back almost 100 years to the founding of a settlement school in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Pi Phi was solely responsible for all education in Gatlinburg from 1912–1969. Now Pi Beta Phi members support literacy in their communities and through programs such as the Fraternity Day of Service, the Champion’s are Readers® (CAR) program and the Fraternity’s partnership with First Book®.
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