BASE® Raises Money to Support ADM K-5 Reading Program
The staff at BASE® recently came together to help support the Adel-DeSoto-Minburn schools in providing funds for the ADM reading program.
During the month of February, BASE® employees challenged each other to see who could raise more money between two designated charities.
Win or lose, the staff from the Adel company felt like winners for being able to give back to the local youth in their community.
Laura Radebaugh, an employee at BASE®, shares why supporting her local community is important to her. “I think it is important for every business to support their communities. Local charities are a great way for us to be active in the community and do some good at the same time. I love when we help out the children in the community too,” she said.
With a strong emphasis on reading and writing, the ADM K-5 program will benefit greatly from the $800 donation from BASE® to support young readers in the area.
The money is going to support kids in grades K-5 who aren’t yet reading at grade level.
This money will provide these students with an opportunity to select their choice of books at their independent level from designated scholastic books to further enhance their reading skills.
The Principals for both the Adel Elementary and DeSoto Intermediate School shared their appreciation and noted the donation from BASE® being impactful to the ADM students. They shared how money from BASE® will directly benefit readers at Adel Elementary and DeSoto Intermediate Schools by getting books in kids’ hands.
DeSoto Principal, Jodi Banse, said, “The greatest way to build a reader is to increase the pages and minutes a child reads. The BASE® donation will provide students with books that they choose. We know that motivation is a key to reading and choice directly connects to that. Allowing students to keep these books allows them to read and reread the texts. Students are beyond excited to get new books!”
BASE® is happy for the ADM K-5 students who will directly benefit from these funds, and feel good knowing that it will make a long lasting impact on everyone in the schools as a whole.
Base®
601 Visions Pkwy
Adel, Iowa 50003
Phone: (515) 993-5050
Website: www.baseonline.com
