 I'm Donna Waits and I'm the president of the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina, and I'm also honored to be on the board of trustees for the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families, and I am privileged to be here today for the inauguration of the third little free library in Columbia. Thank you all for being here this morning to celebrate this special event in our city. This little library is special because it provides the means for children and parents in this neighborhood to easily access great children's books and read them together, and together is the key for improving the lives of children and families. The work of the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families accomplishes many things around the state, aiming to bring families and children together through a variety of programs and resources that encourage fathers in particular to establish and maintain meaningful relationships with their children, and promoting literacy is one of the best ways that dads can be involved more deeply with their children. My prayer is for the families of this community and this neighborhood to discover the many treasures that will be in this little free library and find joy in the togetherness of reading with their children. I have a prayer. Who's praying? You praying? All right. Karim Edwards. Good morning. My name is Karim Edwards and I'm the president of the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families, to the Parks and Recs team. Thank you guys for having us and Commissioner, thank you for blessing us with your presence this morning. I have the pleasure of doing our opening prayer, but I would first like to say, like fathers, books in a household increase a child's chances of success. The Bible says in all thy getting, get understanding, Bible also says that faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. It can also be said that faith cometh by reading and reading the word of God. That being said, let us pray. Father, we thank you for the opportunity to come here and provide for our community. We pray that every child and parent and every person who comes to get a book or leave a book be blessed. We thank you so much for the gift from St. Francis of a CC Episcopal Church that made this day possible. We also thank you for the representatives from the city of Columbia, from the Parks and Rec Department, and well as all people here today. God may you multiply our efforts as only you can do. We ask in Christ's name, amen. Good morning. Good morning. Come on, we can do it better than that. Good morning. Good morning. This is a delightful event in the life of our city. We come together to bring and to give and to continue to give seeds of hope with reading responsibilities. Isn't it great to have an event like this in this community as we continue to grow, bloom and blossom? And I think each one of you know reading is fundamental. So reading and of course this gives us this opportunity to provide the kind of resources for our children. As you know, this community as it relates to this city of ours provides a unique opportunity for kids and for children to come and be blessed by a book and by reading a book. So Donna, it is absolutely our privilege in this opportunity to be a part of this effort. This city continues to bloom and blossom. This community continues to become, in becoming rather, a renaissance in our area and this gives us that privilege. So isn't it great, even a little late, somebody's going to say amen. It gives us this privilege to cut this ribbon and in so cutting this ribbon you are providing each one of our children who enters this room, this building, giving them seeds of hope by reading this book. So thank you South Carolina Center for Fathers. Thank you Donna St. Francis. Thank you for blessing us with your presence and providing an opportunity for growth. Thank you.