Mayor Michelle Wu visited the Meeting House Hill fire station last Wednesday (Aug. 5) with BFD Commissioner Rodney Marshall and Early Childhood director Paula Gaviria to unveil the city’s ‘Story Stops’ program that promotes reading at unique places in the neighborhoods.
Gaviria’s office leads Boston Reads, a literacy initiative partnership involving the city’s public schools, public library, the Health Commission, and a network of partners.
Fire Commissioner Rodney Marshall chatted with the kids. Seth Daniel photos
Story Stops pairs short accounts of Boston landmarks, activities and neighborhoods that are installed as QR codes across Boston as a way of inviting residents and visitors to engage with stories digitally while exploring their communities.
In Dorchester and Mattapan, six fire stations, the Ellison-Parks Early Learning Center on Babson Street, and the Urban Farming Institute on Norfolk Street are participants in the program. Also, pollinator stories are listed on bus stops along the Blue Hill Avenue corridor.
Last week’s story was titled “Boston Firefighters: Heroes in our Neighborhoods.”
Marshall and the mayor introduced the event and then read a firefighting story to a group of kids from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester, who were touring the station as part of their summer program.
Above, Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester kids Ellie DeMarco, Ronan Driscoll, and Lauryn Periera marvel at the Ladder 7 with new Early Childhood Director Paula Gaviria. Seth Daniel photos
