Athens, Ga. (April 27, 2006) – Tomorrow afternoon children in a UGA tutoring program will become proud owners of books like Charlotte’s Web and Merriam-Webster’s Elementary Dictionary.

Art Dunning, vice president for public service and outreach, and Glenn Ames, director of International Public Service and Outreach, will distribute the books at Oasis Católico Santa Rafaela in Pinewood Estates Mobile Home Park from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m., Thursday, April 27.

The UGA tutoring program serves Latino K-10 students in the Pinewood Estates community in partnership with Oasis Católico Santa Rafaela Catholic outreach ministry, Athens Regional Library, and the Garnet Ridge Boys and Girls Club.

UGA’s Office of International Public Service and Outreach purchased educational materials and fiction books for the children through a grant from the non-profit First Book and the Borders Group. The books will be distributed to students at three local tutoring program locations for participating students to take home.

Directions to Oasis Católico are available at the project Web site: http://www.coe.uga.edu/oasis/aboutoasis.htm.

The International Public Service and Outreach is a unit of the Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach at the University of Georgia.

This article was posted on Thursday, April 27th, 2006 at 10:05 am and is filed under Program News.