The Courtney-Spalding Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented Community Service Awards to Dr. Sarah Broman Miller and Dr. April Terry for the Bonding with Books program. Miller is an assistant professor of teacher education and Terry, an associate professor of criminal justice at Fort Hays State University.

Community Service Awards are presented for outstanding voluntary service.

The Bonding with Books program, which began in 2019, teaches incarcerated women how to read children’s books with emphasis. When the skill is mastered, the women record a reading for their children or grandchildren.

That program has led to offering literacy tutoring services inside Kansas Department of Corrections facilities. The goal is to break generational poverty, illiteracy and addition.

The Awards were presented in September at the Kansas Society Daughters of the American Revolution fall forum in Hays.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/10/1697548606000.png" alt="Haley Popelka, KSDAR Literacy Promotion State Chair; Karen McCune, Courtney-Spalding Chapter Regent, Janey Alley, KSDAR Community Service Awards State Chair, Dr. April Terry, Dr. Sarah Miller, and Rebecca Kline, KSDAR State Regent during the Community Service Award presentation. Courtesy photo" />
 <figcaption>Haley Popelka, KSDAR Literacy Promotion State Chair; Karen McCune, Courtney-Spalding Chapter Regent, Janey Alley, KSDAR Community Service Awards State Chair, Dr. April Terry, Dr. Sarah Miller, and Rebecca Kline, KSDAR State Regent during the Community Service Award presentation. Courtesy photo</figcaption>
 </figure>SUBMITTEDThe Courtney-Spalding Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented Community Service Awards to Dr. Sarah Broman Miller and Dr. April Terry for the Bonding with Books program. Miller is an assistant professor of teacher education and Terry, an associate professor of criminal justice at Fort Hays State University.Community Service Awards are presented for outstanding voluntary service.The Bonding with Books program, which began in 2019, teaches incarcerated women how to read children’s books with emphasis. When the skill is mastered, the women record a reading for their children or grandchildren.That program has led to offering literacy tutoring services inside Kansas Department of Corrections facilities. The goal is to break generational poverty, illiteracy and addition.The Awards were presented in September at the Kansas Society Daughters of the American Revolution fall forum in Hays.

Courtney-Spalding Chapter DAR awards presented to Bond with Books