Teddy Bear Picnic

Port Royal residents Simone and David Canute brought their 3-year-old son, Alexander, to DAYLO’s Teddy Bear Picnic at the Port Royal Farmers Market on Saturday, Sept. 7, where volunteer Mary Ruff read him a story. The free read-aloud events are part of a community service project sponsored by DAYLO — the Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization — in collaboration with the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center. DAYLO is a student-led book club and community literacy service group with chapters at schools statewide, including Beaufort High School, Beaufort Academy, and Battery Creek High School. Asa Aarons/The Island News