Friday, September 5, 2003
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Friday, September 5, 2003 |
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Bon L is big on words Employees of the Bon L Manufacturing Company fanned out across the county last week, visiting every third-grade class in Coweta County schools and delivering over 1,500 Merriam-Webster dictionaries to students. Bon-L General Manager Don Moore kicked off the event Wednesday morning by traveling to Jefferson Parkway Elementary School, where he visited all three of the school's third-grade classrooms. "I know you're all studying reading right now," Moore told Denise Dix's classroom. "To help you with that, we have a dictionary for every one of you." Moore and Bon-L Marketing/Product Manager Sam Harkness handed every child a dictionary each one with the child's name in it and led students in an impromptu word hunt. The classes each gave Moore and Harkness a "Thank You" card to post at Bon-L's Newnan manufacturing plant. Jefferson Parkway Principal Sue Rickenbaker and Assistant Principal Cindy McCloud thanked Bon-L, too, as did Superintendent Peggy Connell and curriculum director Wanda Creel, who accompanied Moore and Harkness around Jefferson Parkway. "Bon-L is such a wonderful partner," said Rickenbaker. "They have been with us since we are open." She added that Harkness has long worked with the school and is a school council member. "I greatly appreciate what Bon-L is doing here and what they do all year round," said Connell. "It is commitment like this that helps us be a better school system." This is the second year Bon-L has given the dictionaries to Coweta County third-graders. It's something employees enjoy doing, and it is an investment in the community and the school system, said Moore. "We had a lot of fun doing it last year and the kids really enjoy it," he said. "This is one way we can help improve schools and reading skills." Bon L an aluminum extrusion company and one of Coweta County's biggest employers is a business partner with Jefferson Parkway and a long-time partner of the entire Coweta County School System. Bon-L employees visited eight elementary schools Wednesday and the other eight Thursday, distributing a dictionary to each of Coweta County's 1,500-plus third-graders. "It's fun, but it's also Bon-L's way of taking its public role seriously," said Harkness.
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