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89 people are interested
Become a storytime volunteer - read to children!
ORGANIZATION: Community Programs, Lutheran Family Health Centers
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89 people are interested
Reach Out and Read is a national pediatric-based literacy program that takes place inside a clinic. Pediatric staff at health clinics promote early childhood literacy by prescribing books to children up to 5 years of age and their families during wellness checkups. After every visit, each child leaves with a free book to read and enjoy with his or her parents.
We are looking for volunteers to complement the pediatricians' prescriptions by reading to children in the waiting rooms of our clinics. As a volunteer, you would serve as reading models for families and children to promote early childhood literacy at home. There are also opportunities to educate parents and refer them to adult literacy classes.
Volunteers have the choice at reading at six different Lutheran clinics throughout Brooklyn NY; with locations in Sunset Park, Park Slope and East Flatbush.
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About Community Programs, Lutheran Family Health Centers
Location:
6025 6th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11220, US
Mission Statement
Lutheran Family Health Centers is a federally qualified health center network dedicated to meeting the health and human service needs of the underserved communities of southwest and central Brooklyn. Lutheran Family Health Centers(LFHC) Department of Community-Based Programs has provided educational and supportive services for community residents of southwest Brooklyn for over 35 years. Our work is grounded in the holistic philosophy that is the foundation of LFHC's orientation to community health - that health depends upon such factors as psychosocial, familial, economic, housing, educational, and employment status. We are committed to affirming each family's cultural, ethnic and linguistic identities and using community social work practices, to ensure that our programs are always responsive to evolving family and community issues in the context of a diverse, multicultural society.
Description
We offer the following areas of expertise:
- Culturally competent programming that meets the needs of the diverse populations, particularly new immigrant families, in our community. These programs include: Adult Basic Education, GED-prep, English Classes, Family Support Services, Day Care Centers, After-school Programming, AmeriCorps Service Opportunities, HIV Peer Education, Youth Development, and Services for Older Adults.
- Strong collaborative relationships with community partners to create integrated service delivery systems.
- A model of community building, that promotes participatory management and supports relationship and community involvement at all levels.
- Recognizing that families are resources to their own members, to other families, to programs and to communities.
- Advocating for services and systems that are fair, responsive and accountable to the families served. Mobilizing formal and informal resources to support family development.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
July 6, 2016
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 14
- Orientation or Training
- 2 hours a week