Photo courtesy of Donya Deal.
Students from the VHHS Literacy Club visit local elementary schools.
Vestavia Hills High School’s Literacy Club is an organization that works to promote and support literacy in Vestavia Hills and surrounding communities.
Students in the club help organize book drives for events such as Birmingham Reads. They also act as Book Buddies and Pen Pals to second- and third-grade students at East and West elementary.
Book Buddies takes place once a month, where Literacy Club students read books with the elementary school students.
Literacy Club students have also helped deliver letters “from Santa” and made and delivered Valentines during the February Book Buddies.
On March 2, Literacy Club students helped celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday in honor of Read Across America Day. The VHHS students read “Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are” to the East and West students. In April, the Literacy Club will participate in Birmingham Reads, and they will read to 24 classes at Oliver Elementary in the city of Birmingham.
