In 1998 Vergennes Rotary President Scott Gaines persuaded his club into starting a summer literacy project titled Booked for Bikes. During his past two years as club president, Rotary District 7850 had been asking clubs to create a literacy project. We didn’t have any money in our club budget but that wasn’t a problem. We started a partnership with the local Boys & Girls Club in town which had the audience we needed to kick start a kid’s summer reading program. We realized that our budgetary needs were minimal and devised a plan to get local businesses to help support our project.
