By TIERRA HAYES – News Writer
The CCHS Book Club is hosting a fundraiser to sponsor the club’s Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl team. Through a partnership with the local Jittery Joes coffee roastery, packets and cans of a special “Glad’s Reader’s Roast” are available for purchase, and funds will support the Book Club.
“Jittery Joes offers fundraising opportunities to any organization,” media center specialist Lindy Weaver said. “They’re awesome with the community, and they don’t make any money off of it. They sell you the coffee at their cost.”
According to Weaver the money from the fundraiser is used to buy books, t-shirts, and to cover any expenses that the competition entitles such as travel and registration fees.
The team, made up of ten members, competed at the Athens-Clarke County Library on Feb. 1 during the regional competition. The team placed second and will advance to district on Feb. 22 in Statesboro,Georgia at the Georgia Southern University. The competing students are quizzed on components of 20 books, all of which are Georgia Peach Award nominees. The team practices during Glad time and in the mornings before school.
The members of the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl are freshman Lydia Jackson, sophomores Shimobi Obijuru and Sara Tonks, and juniors Jamie Coreas, Claire Dunn-Grandpre,Gemma English, Mariah Isbell, Adeline Padilla, Ami Wagne and Corterra Wright. The team is coached by media center specialist Kacy Tedder.
The team competed at the Athens-Clarke County Library on Feb. 1 during the regional competition. The team placed second but lost at district on Feb. 22 in Statesboro, Ga. at Georgia Southern University. The students were quizzed on 20 Georgia Peach Award nominated books.
“I really like being able to meet new people,make new friends and participate in events,” Padilla said.
