On March 2, Read Across America Day, Garrison Commander, Col. Glenn Mellor and Garrison Sgt. Major Juan Jimenez read to children at the Family and Morale Welfare and Welfare Child and Youth Services Child Development Center on Goss Road.
In 1998, the National Education Association launched Read Across America Day to encourage children to embrace books and enjoy reading. It later developed into a year-round program with special celebrations in March.
This year the Redstone educational outreach effort was led by Garrison’s School Liaison Officer, Erica Lewis and the Garrison Public Affairs team as part of an initiative to highlight the importance of reading for students in local school districts.
More than 25 persons from organizations across Redstone Arsenal gathered February 22-24 at the Redstone FMWR Library for a reading event to support taping of the 2022 Team Redstone Read Across America videos.
Volunteer readers from the Army Material Command, Headquarters Company, Aviation and Missile Command, Army Contracting Command, Redstone Test Center, Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office and Garrison participated as volunteer readers for the videos.
The links to the videos can be found on YouTube and DIVIDS. In the past, the Redstone workforce have participated as face-to-face readers at local schools to support Read Across America Day.
In 2021, Team Redstone began supported school requests for RAA readers with the videos due to COVID-19 safety concerns.
Here are the links for individual readers:
“If you Give a Cat a Cupcake” read by CPT Hunter Wilson
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832799
“El Perro con Sombrero: A Bilingual Doggy Tale” read by 1SG Erika Vargas
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832801
“Murcielagos en la biblioteca” read by SSG Vanessa Thompson
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832800
“This Book Just Ate My Dog” read by CSM Sean Rice
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832798
“One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish” read by COL Douglas Ralph
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832802
“The Tooth Book” read by LTC Donda Gay
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832773/tooth-book-read-ltc-donda-gay
“The Pigeon Needs a Bath” read by MSG Elaina Paxton
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832796
“The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?” read by Deborah Nickles
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832793
“Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” read by Deborah Nickles
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832792
“Young Amelia Earhart: A Dream to Fly” read by LTC Joe Minor
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832794
“Green Eggs and Ham” read by COL Glenn Mellor
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832795
“Star Wars” read by COL Glenn Mellor
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832789
“Elecopter” read by CW4 Josh McCoy
“Green Eggs and Ham” read by MAJ Jared Martin
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832787
“Fox in Socks” read by MAJ Jared Martin
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832788
“How to Welcome a New Baby” read by Maria Mackall
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832786
“Dogs Love Books” read by Erica Lewis
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832785
“How Do Dinosaurs Go To School? read by Erica Lewis
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832784
“The Library Book” read by Kesha Lawson
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832783
“Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You” read by MAJ Kiana Jones
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832780
“Rosa Parks: Little People, BIG Dreams” read by MAJ Kiana Jones
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832782
“One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish” read by COL Valerie Johnson
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832791
“The Foot Book” read by CSM Juan Jimenez
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832779
"If Kids Ruled the World” read by MSG Michelle Ashley Hill
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832776
“If I ran the Zoo” read by CW5 Melanie Harris
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832790
“Rosie Revere, Engineer” read by MAJ Brian Haley
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832777
“¡Oh, cúan lejos llegarás!” read by Victoria Gomez
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832781
“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” read by Misty Glover
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832778
“Fox in Socks” read by LTC Cassandra Forrester
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832775
“Oh, The Places You Will Go!” read by LTC Cassandra Forrester
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832774
“There’s a Rocket in my Pocket” read by Cherie Cain
“Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!” read by Cherie Cain
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832769/marvin-k-mooney-will-you-please-go-now-read-cherie-cain
“Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?” read by Eileen Beardsley
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832771
“There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Rose!” read by Eileen Beardsley
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/832770/there-old-lady-who-swallowed-rose-read-eileen-beardsley
“Star Wars: I am a Pilot” read by CPT Jaryd Bailey
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