Jean Dean Reading Is Fundamental P.O. Box 848 Opelika, AL (334) 7495631 www.jeandeanrif.org
Harriet Huggins Volunteer Harriet Huggins is a volunteer at Jean Dean RIF (Reading is Fundamental), the signature service project of the Alabama Kiwanis Foundation. Huggins first got involved in RIF in 1995, when she was employed by The Girl Scout Council. Cathy Gafford, director of Jean Dean RIF, was a Girl Scout leader with Huggins. Her first conversation with Gafford was about starting up the new year in scouting. Throughout the conversation she told Huggins about RIF and how it operated. At the time Huggins’ daughter, Jana, who was a Girl Scout, was working toward her Gold Award and needed a project to work on. Huggins introduced her daughter to Gafford who became her advisor on the project. Because her daughter could not drive, Huggins was her transportation and one of the event participants. Huggins has done a little bit of everything for RIF. She supervised labeling events when Gafford had another engagements; pulled orders for shipment; second counted orders; packed orders; delivered books to local centers; organized silent auctions at Alabama District Kiwanis meetings; helped construct walls when RIF moved to their warehouse; and assisted with registration at Ride to Read and Run to Read events. Huggins is also a member of the RIF Advisory Board.
When Huggins is not volunteering at Jean Dean RIF, she is working at Auburn University in the Learning Resource Center (LRC) which serves the College of Education and the College of Liberal Arts. She is also an advisor for her sorority Kappa Alpha Theta. ###