IP Partners with Operation Outreach to Provide School Books in North Carolina
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International Paper Co.'s Riegelwood, N.C., USA, mill has partnered with Bladen County's East Arcadia School to provide books to students in grades first through fifth. IP, headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., sponsored the book program in conjunction with Operation Outreach.
 According to an article in the Bladen Journal this week, International Paper, OO-USA gives books to children, lesson plans to teachers, and guides to parents. The program puts reading first, but takes it an important step further. Not only does it teach children to read and to be motivated and challenged to expand their knowledge base, it teaches respect, responsibility, courage, leadership, and determination through specially designed books and teacher designed lesson plans. It helps to build a child's character and self-esteem, "the foundation of good citizenship," the newspaper article notes.
School Principal Ronald Coley and Reading Coach Sarah Straw were on hand at a recent recognition ceremony held at the school to receive the books along with a group of about 60 students from first grade through fifth grade. Each student received a copy of a grade-appropriate book as their own in addition to each classroom teacher receiving a copy of the book.
Kimberly Gill, a representative from IP, accepted a "Partners in Education" banner from Coley and several of the students in appreciation of the support IP provides to the school.
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