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The Miss New Bedford Scholarship program is conducting a Dr. Suess Read-a-thon as part of a National Day of Service. The event will take place on Saturday April 18th from 10:00am – 2:00pm at the Lawler Library located at 745 Rockdale Avenue, New Bedford, MA 02740.
Guest readers include New Bedford Superintendent Pia Durkin, elected officials, education leaders, co-hosts Miss New Bedford Joclyne Nunes and Miss New Bedford’s Outstanding Teen Meighread Dandeneau, and various other “special guests.”
In addition to readings, the New Bedford High School cast of Suessical the Musical will perform. Seuss-themed crafts, games, and activities will also be offered. Additionally, Miss New Bedford Joclyne Nunes will teach dance and creative movement and Miss New Bedford’s Outstanding Teen Meighread Dandeneau will sing.
The event is part of the Miss America Organization’s first ever National Day of Service presented in partnership with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Titleholders and contestants across the country will spearhead the initiative as “team leaders” during which they will facilitate a service project and engage volunteers throughout their communities.
In order to serve Children’s Miracle Network hospitals, volunteers nationwide – in this case readers and organizers – will donate $1.00 for every hour that they volunteer. These funds will directly benefit their local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital to support the life-changing services offered day and night by each of these hospitals.
According to national program officials, the inspiration for this event began last year in Atlantic City, NJ when all 53 national contestants volunteered at the AC Rescue Mission. Titleholders worked the prep and service lines in the kitchen, met with mothers and children living at the Family Life Center, and assisted to replenish the program’s food pantry.
