Volunteers get reading at Wilson Elementary

Volunteers David Bray of Houston and Shannon Hubbard of Seattle, both with Shell Oil Products US, took turns reading “Reach out and Give” to a classroom of first-graders Friday at Wilson Elementary School in Costa Mesa.

The first-graders were among 1,350 students from low-income elementary schools across the county who participated in OneOC’s Spirit of Giving Day of Service, an event that seeks to inspire a love of reading by matching children in low-income neighborhoods with volunteers from various businesses. Afterwards, students were given a copy of the book “The Berenstain Bears: Lend a Helping Hand.”

—Alicia Lopez