{"id":192948,"date":"2026-03-16T01:34:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T01:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/192948\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T01:34:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T01:34:29","slug":"greeks-take-on-literacy-for-read-across-america-week-free-press-of-jacksonville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/192948\/","title":{"rendered":"Greeks Take on Literacy for Read Across America Week \u2013 Free Press of Jacksonville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/President-Gillette-Reading2-678x381.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"President Gillette Reading2\"\/><br \/>\nAlpha Phi Alpha member and NPHC President Charlie Gillette reads to young students at a local Head Start Center.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-93007\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/President-Gillette-Reading2-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\"  \/>Alpha Phi Alpha member and NPHC President Charlie Gillette reads to young students at a local Head Start Center.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">By Dr. Chanda Nicole Holsey | In recognition of National Literacy Week, (March 2\u20136), the First Coast National Panhellenic Council (FCNPHC) launched the literacy initiative titled \u201cD9 Reads Across North Florida,\u201d their version of Read Across America Week. The nationwide initiative designed to inspire a love of reading, particularly among children. Under the theme \u201cDiverse &amp; Inclusive Books,\u201d FCNPHC members focused on empathy, curiosity and confidence through the power of reading as they read to head Start children in centers in Clay and Duval Counties.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Through initiatives like\u00a0D9 Reads Across North Florida, the First Coast National Panhellenic Council continues its commitment to community service and youth development, reinforcing the importance of literacy and the lifelong impact that reading can have on a child\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The National Pan-Hellenic Council, Incorporated (NPHC) is composed of nine (9) International Greek letter Sororities and Fraternities. For more information on FCNPHC, visit <a class=\"yiv3272579235enhancr_card_3529842904\" href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.firstcoastnphc.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7C%7C41e290436ada4bdf6c0408de7a69d1a3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639082792063263847%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hRyFPNaHw%2BwnfYSadQt3pHQpXquGcUXRuEN%2BIPYdfVk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">www.firstcoastnphc.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alpha Phi Alpha member and NPHC President Charlie Gillette reads to young students at a local Head Start&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-192948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}