Rotarian Melanie Duhe is shown reading to a first grade class at the John L Ory Magnet School on March 15, 2017.
 
The Rotary Club of LaPlace project Reading with Rotary is part of a series of community service projects being conducted by Rotary Clubs in Rotary District 6840 in celebration of 100 years service by The Rotary Foundation, the benevolent foundation of Rotary international.
 
 
 
Rotarian Harry Glidden is shown reading to a second grade class at John L Ory Magnet School.
 
Rotary District 6840 includes the New Orleans area of Louisiana and the costal portion of Mississippi.  It includes about 50 Rotary Clubs and about 2000 Rotarians.
 
Since its foundation in 2017, The Rotary Foundation has spent over $3 billion on humanitarian projects around the world.