PetSmart is helping Wilkes Community Partnership for Children provide reading buddies to children in Wilkes County

Wilkes Community Partnership for Children and PetSmart are teaming up to brighten up a child’s day with these loveable plush “Chance” the dog and “Lucky” the cat toys. For every plush toys purchased at the Wilkesboro PetSmart-- it will be donated to Wilkes Community Partnership for Children to distribute to selected Raising a Reader classrooms. Raising a Reader, is a daily book sharing program between parents and their young children, sponsored by the Wilkes Community Partnership for Children.  Children participating in this program will share the joy of reading with their own stuffed animal reading buddy.  Wilkes Community Partnership for Children is a United Way partner agency.



Pictured: Amy Mathis Early Literacy Coordinator, Christy Owens, PetSmart Store Manager, and Susan Cogdill, Executive Director for Wilkes Community Partnership for Children, hold "Lucky" the cat and "Chance" the dog that will be donated to the children.