City Employee Community Benevolent Acts MARCH MENTORING MOMENTS – Promoting Literacy

Friday, March 2, 2018 - 9:00am

Mayor Jamie Mayo and the Monroe City Council are pleased to announce the third City Employee Community Benevolent Project of 2018 will take place beginning Friday, March 2, 2018.

PROJECT NAME: Mentoring Moments – Promoting Literacy in Local Elementary Schools.

SUMMARY: City Engineer Kim Golden and our Engineering department is leading this month’s effort. Dozens of City employees will be volunteer readers and literacy mentors at multiple schools, and a Monroe Housing Authority development during the month of March. A schedule of reading times and locations is listed below:

Date & Time                                              Elementary School                                            Purpose

9 am – 10 am Friday, March 2nd               Carver 1700 Orange Street                                  Dr. Seuss Classroom Readings
                                                                Madison James Foster 1310
                                                                Richwood Road No. 1
                                                                Berg Jones Lane 3000 Berg Jones Lane 

10:30 am – 1:30 pm Friday, March 2nd       Clara Hall 1000 Plum Street                                Dr. Seuss Carnival

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Friday, March 2nd       Jefferson Upper 1001 Pecan Street                     Dr. Seuss Classroom Reading

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Friday, March 2nd         Minnie Ruffin Dr. Seuss Classroom Reading

9:15 am – 12:30 pm Tuesday, March 6th     Barkdull Faulk Elementary 2110 Jackson Street   H.AP.P.Y. Week

11 am – 12 noon Tuesday, March 13th         Robinson Place Community Center                   Monroe Housing Authority Community Event
                                                                1207 Milliken Street 

11 am – 12 noon Wednesday, March 14th    Robinson Place Community Center                   Monroe Housing Authority Community Event
                                                               1207 Milliken Street 

11 am – 12 noon Thursday, March 15th       Robinson Place Community Center                   Monroe Housing Authority Community Event
                                                                1207 Milliken Street 

Note: The largest single contingency of employees will be the Engineering department at Minnie Ruffin from 1 pm to 2 pm on Friday, March 2nd.