- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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15 people are interested
Story Reader for Goodwill's BookWorks Program
ORGANIZATION: Goodwill Industries-Suncoast, Inc.
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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15 people are interested
BookWorks is an early childhood literacy program which brings together volunteer readers and children from disadvantaged environments. The aim of the program is to encourage a love of reading and to get books into the hands and homes of kids who might otherwise not have them.
Volunteers read to children at Head Starts or other pre-K locations and then present each child with a personalized book to take home. Volunteers are matched with a reading location convenient to their home or work, and subsequently coordinate a schedule directly with the center staff.
Opportunities are available in Polk, Highlands, Marion, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, Hernando, and Sumter counties.
Volunteers must first attend orientation; training and all materials are supplied by BookWorks. Volunteers must provide their own transportation.
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About Goodwill Industries-Suncoast, Inc.
Location:
10596 Gandy Blvd., St. Petersburg, FL 33702, US
Mission Statement
Goodwill Industries-Suncoast, Inc. is a nonprofit, community-based organization whose mission is to transform lives through life-long learning and the power of work.
Description
Over 65 Years of Helping People!
Goodwill-Suncoast was founded in October 1954 in downtown St. Petersburg. We began by assisting a handful of people with disabilities to gain work skills and paychecks. Now we help thousands of people overcome a variety of barriers to employment through training and employment programs, low-cost apartment buildings for seniors and people with disabilities, work activities centers for adults with developmental disabilities, as well as rehabilitative community corrections programs. We have a variety or programs that support our community and contribute to community conservation through recycling. Goodwill-Suncoast operates 20 retail stores and three outlet stores to support all of our services and programs. We have volunteer opportunities available in many of our program areas.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Locations in Polk CountyLakeland, FL 33813
DATE POSTED
January 23, 2020
SKILLS
- Literacy / Reading
- Storytelling
- Youth Services
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- Up to one hour at a time, flexible schedule
- Must have transportation to reading locations