Shirley Proctor Puller Foundation mission to end all illiteracy in South St. Petersburg

Shirley Proctor Puller spent 35 years teaching at Northeast High School. After she died, her husband, CPA Bill Puller, established the Shirley Proctor Puller Foundation to help end illiteracy in South St. Petersburg. The foundation gives away free age-appropriate books to youngsters and teens, conducts a summer program to help students retain what they learned during the school year, and offers tutoring (in partnership with Eckerd College and other programs) to help students learn. The foundation wants to add a reading program as well. If you’d like to help the foundation with any of its activities, get in touch. Here’s a great story about the foundation in The Weekly Challenger. Here’s a link to the foundation as well.