Reading foundation co-founder to speak to Kingston Rotary Tuesday

Lynn Fielding, a co-founder of the National Children’s Reading Foundation, will be Kingston Rotary Club’s guest speaker on Jan. 25.  

Fielding served for 20 years as a director of Kennewick, Wash., schools. He was director of the Washington State School Directors Association the Northwest Evaluation Association.

Fielding will talk to the Kingston Rotary Club about recent developments, challenges, and successes in establishing National Children’s Reading Foundation affiliates in the Appalachians and the Tennessee Valley.  

If time permits, he will also talk about the challenges of getting family members and caregivers to take the time to read to and with their preschool children.

The Kingston Rotary Club welcomes interested community members to the dinner meeting in 2 Chef’s Café on at 500 W. Race St., west of downtown Kingston.  

Dinner is $10 per person and will be served at 6 p.m.; the meeting will begin at 6:30.

Community members who are not in Kingston Rotary Club are asked RSVP this invitation by
Jan. 24 by calling Ken Thoms at 376-3715 or Ralph Best at 376-0578.