Pictured are Rotary Club members preparing the books for distribution to seven elementary schools in San Marcos as part of the Clubs’ Literacy Project. (L to r) around the table are Bob Derry, Lynn Hunter, Ed Musgrove, Jesse Dix, Matilda and Sylvia Rough, John Wilson, Stephanie Jungersen, Kelly Crews, Darrell McMullen, Holly Malan, JulieRae MacLeod and Peggy Martin.

SAN MARCOS–The San Marcos Rotary Club has purchased 950 popular Mo Willems books Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. 

Club members will be reading it to first grade students in seven San Marcos Unified School District schools during the month of February. Each student will then receive the book to take home.

Through this Literacy Project, the Rotary Club will be encouraging children to read on their own plus stressing the importance of life-long reading. The Title 1 elementary schools who will be taking part in this project are Alvin Dunn, Joli Ann Leichtag, Knob Hill, Paloma, Richland, San Marcos and Twin Oaks.

For more information on the Rotary Club, visit www.sanmarcosrotary.org.