This year’s Hudson Children’s Book Festival guest of honor, author Seymour Simon with wife and literary agent Liz Nealon.
By: Jamie Larson of Rural Intelligence
The Hudson Literacy Fund was first created to raise money to make sure that any child, regardless of income, could walk away from the Hudson Children’s Book Festival with a book and a positive learning experience. The organization has since created a number of additional literacy support programs and scholarships benefiting children in the Hudson City School District. HLF’s straightforward and noble goals are well worth celebrating and many came out to its 7th Annual Fundraising Cocktail Party at the elegant Hudson Lodge on Saturday, March 30 to honor the important work being done. The Book Festival and the HLF have reshaped the community’s commitment and passion for reading and lifelong learning over the past decade. It’s a success story Hudson can be proud of and it’s well worth a toast.
The Hudson Literacy Fund co-founder and vice president Christine Jones, Hudson Mayor Rick Rector, Martha Lane, Sarah Sterling and Paul Barrett.
Dr. Maria Suttmeier and fellow co-founder of the Hudson Children’s Book Festival, prolific youth literacy educator Lisa Dolan.
Mary DePhillips, Maria Manhattan, William Stone and HLF co-director Nancy Barber.
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