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Bubbies 'N Books: Seniors Read to the Jewish Preschool on Sardis Children
March 2024
“The bubbies are here, the bubbies are here,” has become the happy song on Friday mornings at the Jewish Preschool on Sardis. Through a partnership with Barbara Sklut Better Together, bubbies from many of the local senior communities have read a book to the threeand four-year-old classes.
The Bubbies ‘N Books program allows seniors from our Charlotte community to see our Jewish heritage continued through these engaging Jewish children,” said Lauren Stark, Better Together coordinator. Many of the bubbies come early to experience the exuberant joy of the students and their families during the Jewish Preschool on Sardis Shabbat assembly.
Leah Amler, one of the bubbie readers shared, “For a long time, I have been a grandma, nona, and safta. Now, through the Bubbies ‘N Books program, I am a ‘book reading bubbie’. Who can be more fortunate than I am? Thank you, Better Together, for giving me this uplifting opportunity.”
Better Together Charlotte is a senior outreach program designed to provide an intergenerational experience for youth and teens to interact with our Jewish senior community.
For more information, visit friendshipcirclenc.org/events-bettertogether.
