Some Bunny is hit with kids, speech therapist

BOARDMAN

The children were all smiles and the bunnies were all ears as they were introduced at the Some Bunny to Read To program.

The free activity at Beyond Expectations Speech Therapy, 725 Boardman-Canfield Road, Unit E-1, gives children from kindergarten through sixth grade the chance to read to registered and certified therapy rabbits.

The rabbits are from F5RS (Frisky Ferrets, Fuzzies and Feather Friends Rescue and Sanctuary). The reading program is offered by Andrea Moore, speech therapist who runs Beyond Expectations. Moore and Sassy Pickard of Youngstown, who founded F5RS, met at a business expo. Moore said she talked to Pickard about the possibility using therapy rabbits in a reading program. Some Bunny to Read To was the result.

The cute, cuddly and non-intimidating bunnies are perfect listeners, Moore said.

Read more about the program and today's visit in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.