North Charleston Expansion Campaign Launch Event

3800 Paramount Drive, North Charleston

Memorable quotes from speakers at the event:

Anita Zucker, CEO, InterTech Group, and Chair, Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative: “We must invest in the development of our children. We must invest our dollars, our resources, and our time. I believe the future of our country depends on it. The future of business in this country depends on it. Our company has been an investor [in BEGIN WITH BOOKS] and will continue to be an investor. We will invest in this program to help expand what’s happening in North Charleston.”

Kim Foxworth, Director of Child Development, Charleston County School District: “BEGIN WITH BOOKS is a strategy for closing the achievement gap. BEGIN WITH BOOKS gives families an incentive to spend intimate time, even with babies, in sharing books. This helps instill a love of books that carries them into school.”

Jasmine Kang, Plant Manager, Cummins Turbo Technologies: “A lot of times, the people who really shine are the ones who have a real interest in reading. Having BEGIN WITH BOOKS in an area like North Charleston would be a great benefit for us over the next years so that we can get our next leaders coming from the local area.”

Rev. Cheryl Mills, El Shaddai Missionary Baptist Church: “I am a pastor right in the middle of the 29405 community and I know how important getting these books into a child’s hands is going to be. It is going to be more than just something that we do to make people smile. It is going to change a generation.”