Reading to the kids
by Beth
A couple years ago my Seeing Eye dog Hanni and I traveled to Topeka to visit Easter Seals Capper Foundation. While we were there, we met with some of their clients who have autism, we got a tour of the facilities and did a talk at Capper’s all-staff meeting that day. We had lunch with folks who’d helped sponsor our trip, and in the evening I gave the keynote at their advisory board dinner. It was a lot to pack into one day, but we enjoyed every minute of it. My favorite part of the trip? No question, it was reading to the kids at Kidlink Childcare and Preschool, their inclusive preschool and child care program for children with or without disabilities.
Apparently I’m not alone. It turns out Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback enjoys reading to the kids at Kidlink, too! Gov. Brownback is a fan of Easter Seals Capper Foundation, and he stopped by there last week to read books about pets to the kids, lining up with what the children at Kidlink were learning. I have to believe my book about Seeing Eye dogs was one of the books the Governor read to them, don’t you?