-- Family Court judges and staff to build bookshelves to get the program off the ground --
 
WHAT: Launch of the Family Court’s new Hooked on Books program:  

Family Court staff and judges will construct bookshelves to hold the books that will be given out to children in Family Court. 
 
WHERE: Family Court,  JM-level of the Moultrie Courthouse,  500 Indiana Avenue, NW 
 
WHEN: Saturday, October 1, 2005 – 10am to noon 
  
WHO: Chief Judge Rufus G. King  

Family Court Presiding Judge Lee Satterfield  

Family Court Deputy Presiding Judge Anita Josey-Herring   Other Family Court judges   Family Court employees 
 
WHY: Hooked on Books was developed to encourage literacy and life-long learning by children that come to the Family Court. 
 
The DC Family Court and the Friends of Superior Court are launching this new initiative to ensure that every child that comes to Family Court is given a book. The program will provide youth of all ages with an opportunity to get hooked on books, to develop a passion for reading that will benefit them throughout their lives.  The program will expose children at younger and younger ages to reading, tempt and at times require older children and teens to read, and encourage parents to read to their pre-schoolers. 
 
PHOTOS: Cameras will be allowed into the courthouse for the purpose of taking pictures of this event.  Request for permission to bring a camera in must be made in advance to Leah Gurowitz at the number listed above.