Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for a New Bookworm Vending Machine/ECISD at STEM Academy at UT Permian Basin

Odessa, Texas/January 21, 2023-On Friday, January 20th, the Education Foundation along with Atmos Energy, hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new Bookworm Vending Machine at the STEM Academy at UT Permian Basin. 

(Celeste Potter, Executive Director-Education Foundation of Odessa/Odessa, Texas) 

Atmos Energy donated funds to the Education Foundation of Odessa to purchase the bookworm vending machine. Atmos Energy wants to make sure that every student can read at a 3rd grade level by the time they get to 3rd grade. 

(Andrea Goodson, Public Affairs Manage-Atmos Energy, Midland/Odessa, Texas) 

Children books will be stocked once a year in the Bookworm Vending Machine by the Education Foundation. 

(Celeste Potter, Executive Director-Education Foundation of Odessa/Odessa, Texas) 

For DRB Media Communications Digital News, Danny Barrera