Highlighted Events This Week In Wicomico Schools

Saturday, Oct. 22
Gimme Five Youth Day
Pinehurst Elementary

ShoreCorps/Partnership for Adolescents on the Lower Shore, the AmeriCorps program at Salisbury University, partners with Salisbury’s Promise Alliance and Pinehurst Elementary School PTA to sponsor the 7th annual Gimme Five Youth Day at Pinehurst from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22. Admission is free and the public is invited. This free, fun-filled day provides a chance for children to experience the five promises that make up the Salisbury’s Promise Alliance: caring adults, safe places, healthy starts, effective education, and opportunities to help others. Those attending will participate in a service project to support the Wicomico County Board of Education’s 20/20 reading initiative -- reading 20 minutes a day at school, 20 minutes at home, to become better readers. Highlights of the Gimme Five Youth Day include free food, games, crafts such as pumpkin painting, live entertainment, and McGruff the Salisbury Police mascot. This event is partially funded by a grant from the Governor’s Office of Service and Volunteerism. For more information contact Dr. George Whitehead at giwhitehead@salisbury.edu or Dave Harris at iharris@wcboe.org.