by Hilary Sigler
While students were gearing up for finals, and preparing for winter break, The WOLF Internet Radio station was hard at work collecting new or gently used books to donate to the Tanner ReadER program. In November, The WOLF partnered with the Carrollton Dawnbreakers Rotary Club and assisted them in collecting the books by conducting a contest for all UWG organizations to participate. In return, The WOLF would provide free entertainment to one event that the winning organization was organizing.
Sarah Sulski, The WOLF event promotions manager and UWG student, assisted in organizing the book collecting contest along with Shawn Isaacs, general manager at The WOLF. The contest lasted about a month and encouraged all UWG organizations to support the philanthropic efforts. By participating in the program, The WOLF had the opportunity to engage in providing a charitable service to the Carrollton community and to also encourage reading and education to possible future Wolves.
“Helping provide books for children seemed like a perfect role for a College radio station,” says Shawn. “It helped everyone at The WOLF feel like they were creating future UWG Wolves."
The Tanner ReadER program was created to provide young patients with a book to read and to comfort them while visiting Tanner’s Emergency Room. The concept was to allow the child’s mind to focus on the story in the book and not the reason they were visiting the hospital. The program is also meant to decrease the illiteracy rate among adults by not only encouraging children read but to also provide them with the accessibility to books. By the end of the contest in January 2014, the Carrollton Dawnbreakers Rotary Club was able to donate 3,000 books to the program.
The Tanner ReadER program is always looking for donations for new or used books. The books will be provided for the children and families that visit the emergency room.
