“He likes repetition,” she said. “So it’s like ‘yea you were just at the library to visit Jason, and you got to see Cheri, and Shirley gave you the hand stamp. There’s a real connection there that’s vital to him.’”
Brandon was a child of the system who was put into foster care at the age of 18 months and transferred through dozens of homes by the time he was six. Now age 29, he continues to struggle with a variety of physical and intellectual disabilities. He is non-verbal and uses hand gestures to communicate.
In May 2021, the Leader Post ran a story about some unique things happening at RPL and I was proud that I had direct connection to both things they mentioned with a shoutout from the “For the Love of Matthew” family who are perhaps the strongest advocates for inclusion in the entire province and also a a mention of “Cops & Readers” by Chief Evan Bray which started out of my branch after Chief Bray came out as a celebrity reader for Family Literacy Day and expressed an interest in doing more partnerships with the library.
Bray has fond memories of participating in the Cops & Readers program. Now in its third year, the program promotes youth literacy. Officers visit library branches to read to young children and talk about the importance of book learning.
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