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PHMC helps bring Pennsylvania's One Book, Every Young Child to the Southeast Region

On March 29, 2011, PHMC, along with the Philadelphia Free Library and City of Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter, joined others across the state to kick-off the Pennsylvania One Book, Every Young Child literacy program—a state-wide campaign to highlight the importance of early literacy development in preschoolers ages 3 to 6 through a single, shared reading experience.

PHMC-managed Keystone STARS and Out-of-School-Time programs read this year’s book selection—Whose Shoes? A Shoe for Every Job by Stephen R. Swinburne—to 9,175 children throughout its sites in Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties. PHMC welcomed Mayor Nutter to Children’s Village childcare center in Center City to read to a group of preschoolers and speak on the importance of early childhood education.

Throughout the month of April, PHMC seeks to draw attention to the importance of investing in early childhood education and out-of-school time programs. “These investments jump-start the economy through the creation of new jobs, increase sales for Pennsylvania businesses and build the skills of our future workforce,” said Jennifer Friedman, PHMC’s director of Southeast Regional Key for the Pennsylvania Early Learning Keys to Quality initiative.

For more information on Pennsylvania’s One Book, Every Young Child initiative, click here.