Josh the Otter Picture of the Week

Recently, the Josh the Otter Foundation asked Rotary Clubs to nominate their clubs for the 2016 Rotary Water Safety Advocacy Award. Tunkhannock Rotarian Terry Furman, who is also a Parents as Teachers Educator & National Trainer at H.A.N.D.S., wrote a piece on the Tunkhannock program and submitted it to the competition. Terry's piece and the accompanying photo (below) were selected for their "picture of the week" on Sept 30 on their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/joshtheotter/?fref=nf).

“The Tunkhannock Rotary Club has been distributing “Josh the Otter” books for the past four years in the Tunkhannock Area School District. By establishing a partnership with H.A.N.D.S (Helping area needs for diverse services) of Wyoming County, we have successfully placed this in the hands of parents with young children. In the spring of each year H.A.N.D.S of Wyoming County hosts a “Family Fun Night” for children entering kindergarten. The Rotary Club is one of the resource tables at this event. A Rotarian gives each child a book and asks each parent to take the water safety pledge with their child.  The parents love that the book includes a CD and the children love the coloring book and the stickers! Furthermore, parents can sign up to take CPR/First Aide classes and they are given information on swimming classes for their children at the local high school. The Rotary Club is grateful for the opportunity to share this wonderful book with families in their community.”