Photos: 1,000 book club honored
On Wednesday, Feb 15, Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy presented two former BKW employees with Citizens of the Month with their work with the 1,000 books program at the school.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Show and tell: Roz Moser, retired school nurse at Berne-Knox-Westerlo, shows Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy the lists of books that are placed in bags for BKW families to take home, for free, and read to their children. The read books are exchanged for new books on Wednesdays. “I look forward to coming in on Wednesdays,” said Moser, who is being honored by the county for helping to found the 1,000 Books program at BKW.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Shy bibliophile: Natalie Lendrum, 4, regards the shirt she has earned by listening to her mother, Jackie, read 1,000 books to her as a pre-kindergartner. The founders of Berne-Knox-Westerlo’s 1,000 Books program, Judy Tambasco and Roz Moser, were honored Wednesday as Albany County’s Citizens of the Month. The shirts were donated by the family of the late Eileen Hitter, BKW’s devoted school librarian.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Judy Tambasco, a retired Berne-Knox-Westerlo teacher, displays the award she was just presented on Wednesday by Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy for being the county’s Citizen of the Month, an honor she shares with Roz Moser. The pair started a 1,000 Books program at BKW 20 years ago, which is still going strong. Tambasco said in 1997 when the program was launched, “Research shows children are more successful at school if they’re introduced to books early.”