Sparta Business Owner Visits Childcare Center

Kathryn Kaplan, owner of Garlic & Oil in Sparta, recently visited the preschool classroom at the Little Sprouts Early Learning Center to read children’s books as part of Project Self-Sufficiency’s Celebrity Reader program. “What a joy it was to share the love of reading with these wonderful children and play a small part in helping to create strong families in Sussex County,” said Kaplan.

The Celebrity Reader program is a component of Project Self-Sufficiency’s Family Literacy Program, which exists primarily to assist parents with obtaining their GED or with passing the college placement exam. While in the program, parents also engage in a variety of activities designed to promote literacy within the entire family.

Project Self-Sufficiency is a private non-profit community-based organization dedicated to improving the lives of low-income families residing in northwestern New Jersey. The agency’s mission is to provide a broad spectrum of holistic, respectful, and comprehensive services enabling low-income single parents, teen parents, two-parent families, and displaced homemakers to improve their lives and the lives of their children through the achievement of personal and economic self-sufficiency and family stability. Since 1986 Project Self-Sufficiency has served more than 20,000 families, including over 30,000 children. For information about the programs and services offered by Project Self-Sufficiency, visit www.projectselfsufficiency.org or call 973-940-3500.