GRAVETTE — The Billy V. Hall Senior Activity Center in Gravette was awarded the “Arkansas Senior Center Best Practice Award” at the recent 30th annual Aging Conference held in Hot Springs.

The award came from the Division of Aging and Adult Services and Senior Programs of Arkansasand recognizes innovative programming and senior citizen projects that impact senior citizens.

Mary Kay Kelley, Center director, accepted the award. She explained the program that resulted in the recognition:

“National Read a Book Month is a great opportunity for the Senior Center to be involved in an intergenerational activity. This yearin conjunction with National Read a Book Month, the celebration took place in March and celebrated the birthday of Dr. Seuss with students from Margaret Martin’s class from Glenn Duffy Elementary School, reading Dr. Seuss books to the seniors. After reading, the students ate lunch with their senior partners and were presented with personalized Dr. Seuss certificates of achievement. The Billy V. Hall Senior Activity Center thanks Mr. Zane Vanderpool, Principal, and Miss Margaret Martin, teacher at Glenn Duffy Elementary, for their annual participation,” Kelley said.

News, Pages 8 on 11/24/2010