The Columbia Police Department, and the Columbia Parks and Recreation Foundation partner to present a Family Safety Readership Day at Martin Luther King Park on Friday, July 29. This event will be held in the gym and feature local author E. Warren Davis with Irly Bird Kids, Columbia SC reading from his book Little Ones, Don’t Touch Guns, which focuses on gun safety for elementary school aged children. Mr. Davis will read to approximately 140 Columbia youth who attend Parks & Recreation summer camps. Mr. Davis’ book and other selected age-appropriate books will then be distributed to the attending campers.
Parents of all campers are encouraged to attend the event. All campers will receive a free copy of the book along with several other books provided by the Lipscomb Foundation’s Little Readers-Future Leaders Literacy Program, which is a partnership with the Columbia Parks and Recreation Foundation.
WHO: Councilman Ed. McDowell, Jr., Assistant City Manager Henry Simons, Columbia Police Department officials, Columbia Parks & Recreation Department officials, Columbia Parks and Recreation Foundation, City of Columbia representatives, Author E. Warren Davis with Irly Bird Kids
WHAT: Columbia Police and Parks Family Safety Readership Day
WHERE: Martin Luther King Park, 2300 Greene St.