Program helps North Okaloosa students retain reading skills

United States Army Sgt. Timothy L. Pickard speaks to David Cornell, 5; LaRon Jolly, 6; and LaRonta Jolly, 7, during Crestview's Summer Reading class at Mount Zion AME Church.

CRESTVIEW — Summer reading programs like the one at the Crestview library keep children reading during the break so they don't lose hard-earned skills.

Participants in the library program earn "funny money" toward prizes in a program store at the end of the summer holidays.

This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Program helps North Okaloosa students retain reading skills