The Camden County Workforce Development Board  (WDB) Literacy Committee together with the Camden County Library System will host a Community Play Date at the South County Regional Branch Library on Saturday, September 29th, 2018, from 10 a.m.-12 noon.  This free event is designed for families with young children. Activities will include sensory stations for children to learn through play and exploration; Maria Leonetti, Spanish/English Singer; free books; snacks and giveaways.  

This event will also provide information to adults about work readiness and literacy help available at the library and in the county.  It will bring together families with the idea that promoting reading to a child can help develop better literacy skills in an individual that may have some language or other barriers to reading. Each child will receive one or more books that can be shared by the parent. Parents will receive information highlighting literacy services offered around the County.  

Additional sponsors will provide free books, snacks and family activities for the event, including the Camden County Board of Freeholders, the Camden County One-Stop Career Center, Ravitz Family Markets-ShopRite’s, TD Bank, “Bags of Books," Pizza Hut, Camden County College ABS, PNC’s “Growing Up Great” and the Orchards Family Success Center. 

Together, sponsors will be promoting the long term benefits of improved literacy skills for the residents of Camden County.  

The Camden County Workforce Development Board (WDB) provides planning and oversight of the workforce system and sees the need for programs that address the educational, employment and leadership skills necessary for Camden County residents to be a strong component in our workforce.  As part of its planning, the WDB has a Literacy Committee that supports Literacy Programs throughout the County. 

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