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Departing from its traditional breakfast format, the Gordon County Chamber of Commerce presented a Booster Lunch from 11:30am-1:00pm at Belmont Baptist Church. The event was sponsored by the Calhoun-Gordon Council for a Literate Community. Arianne Weldon, Director of the Get Georgia Reading Campaign with Georgia Family Connection Partnership, was the featured speaker.
Weldon’s work includes connecting decision-makers across Georgia to create the conditions essential for all children to succeed. In this role, she applies her background in epidemiology to help leaders across the state use data and research to employ new—many times unexpected—solutions. She serves by appointment as a board member for the Sandra Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy; as a member of the Medical Care Advisory Committee for the Georgia Department of Community Health; as a member of the Georgia Children’s Cabinet and is the recipient of the Georgia Association of School Nurses Hero Award and the Georgia Senate’s Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award. She holds a master’s degree in Public Health from Emory University and a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Georgia State University.
“My ask is that you remember the biggest threat to having a 21st century workforce is the fact that only 37% of children can read proficiently by the end of third grade. We need your help achieving the expectations defined by the four pillars so that all children are on a path to learn to read by third grade and can read to learn throughout life,” said Weldon in December 2018 while at the 31st Biennial Institute for Georgia Legislators in Athens.
Weldon’s work includes connecting decision-makers across Georgia to create the conditions essential for all children to succeed. In this role, she applies her background in epidemiology to help leaders across the state use data and research to employ new—many times unexpected—solutions. She serves by appointment as a board member for the Sandra Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy; as a member of the Medical Care Advisory Committee for the Georgia Department of Community Health; as a member of the Georgia Children’s Cabinet and is the recipient of the Georgia Association of School Nurses Hero Award and the Georgia Senate’s Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award. She holds a master’s degree in Public Health from Emory University and a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Georgia State University.
“My ask is that you remember the biggest threat to having a 21st century workforce is the fact that only 37% of children can read proficiently by the end of third grade. We need your help achieving the expectations defined by the four pillars so that all children are on a path to learn to read by third grade and can read to learn throughout life,” said Weldon in December 2018 while at the 31st Biennial Institute for Georgia Legislators in Athens.
