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Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Nearly 50 kindergarten students gathered in the library at Elmhurst Elementary School on Wednesday morning for story time with Angela Sawyer.
Sawyer, an early literacy coordinator with the literacy program Raising a…
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Friday, May 12, 2017
Efforts by two children’s health care practices to promote early childhood literacy got shots in the arm this month when a program spearheaded by United Way of Pitt County delivered several boxes of books to each.
Books from…
Monday, April 3, 2017
The people gathered at Peppermint Park, the little neighborhood park at Brownlea Drive and 14th Street in Greenville, demonstrated Tuesday that big things — like teachable moments — can come in small packages.
Representatives of the United Way of…
Monday, March 6, 2017
Michael AbramowitzThe Daily Reflector
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Grady-White Boats last month became Pitt County’s first industry to adopt an employer-based partnership with the Books From Birth Early Literacy Coalition, but the United Way of Pitt…
Monday, March 6, 2017
Books from birth
River of reading quenching a thirsty desertMichael AbramowitzThe Daily Reflector
Sunday, March 5, 2017
In a cozy corner of his living room, with his 18-month-old son, McCoy, snuggled in his lap, Steven Taylor, 28, of Bell…
Monday, February 27, 2017
As the labor market continues to change, more and more families struggle to stretch their wages to meet the costs of basic necessities. Though these families are often not deemed “poor” by the official poverty measure, they lack enough income to…
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
In April of 2015, the Division of Student Affairs of East Carolina University premiered the 40 Under 40 Leadership Awards. This award was created in an effort to recognize emerging leaders that received their start at East Carolina University, as…
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Pizza Hut® Raises $4060.25 for the United Way of Pitt County’s Early Literacy Program Through Pizza Hut: The Literacy Project
Donated funds to enable access to educational resources, empower teachers and inspire readers in Pitt County
Pizza Hut…
1440 East Arlington Blvd., Suite B
Greenville, NC 27858