The Caribou Kiwanis Club, working with ReadyNation and the Kiwanis Foundation of New England “Young Children Priority One," recently created a “Ready Corner” at the Caribou Laundry Center, which aims to boost early literacy, numeracy and parent engagement with young children. Celebrating the new effort to foster reading are, from left: Kiwanis members Kelly Basley and Ann Lin, Caribou Laundry Center owner Todd Hedrich, and Kiwanis members Mary Beth Francis and Bill Francis. Kiwanis officials said laundromats are a perfect place to foster reading and counting at an early age, along with allowing parents to read aloud to children, which can positively impact their future achievement. (Courtesy of Caribou Kiwanis Club)
