WFAA's Rebecca Lopez, First Lady Laura Bush read to Dallas students for Read Across America Day
Mar 2, 2024
WFAA's Rebecca Lopez and First Lady Laura Bush were among the volunteers who read to Dallas students on Friday.
Today is Read Across America Day,
an annual event to create
and celebrate diverse readers.
It's also Doctor Seuss's birthday.
Former First Lady Laura Bush and her
own and our own rather Rebecca Lopez.
They were in Dallas yesterday teaching
children the importance of reading
and how fun it can truly be.
Almost 1200 volunteers read to more
than 20,000 students urban elementary school.
Well, they received a grant from the
Laura Bush Foundation for America's libraries.