During these uncertain times, how can we help?
See below to access our COVID-19 Resource Hub, and to explore our growing directory of COVID-19-specific and virtual volunteering opportunities.
Community Action Team ( CAT )- A group of local individuals (like you!) with a vested interest in economic development, literacy, and a passion for children!
The CAT is responsible for three main tasks: Public Relations, Registrations, & Fundraising Opportunities in its own community. Each CAT differs in composition in every county but as a rule, five to ten members make up the core. Naturally, the more diverse the CAT , the more successful getting the message out, registering children, and gathering support for the program. Ferst Readers is in seven states and has over 100 active teams who are changing the future of their communities one child and one book at a time!
The following communities are looking to grow their teams:
Alabama Counties: Tallapoosa, Russell
Georgia Counties: Brantley, Bulloch, Butts, Candler, Carroll, Charlton, Chatham, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coffee, Coweta, Dawson, Dekalb, Dougherty, Douglas, Emanuel, Evans, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Fulton, Gilmer, Glascock, Glynn, Gordon, Grady, Greene, Hancock, Haralson, Harris, Henry, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Lamar, Laurens, Macon, McIntosh, Meriwether, Morgan, Muscogee, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Rabun, Richmond, Rockdale, Seminole, Spalding, Stewart, Sumter, Taliaferro, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Towns, Union, Upson, Walker, Walton, Ware, Whitfield, Wilcox and Wilkinson counties.
Florida Counties: Bradford, Leon, Nassau, St. Johns, Volusia
Mississippi Counties: Lafayette, Lincoln
Montana Counties: Cascade
South Carolina Counties: Aiken
Texas Counties: Dallas, Collin
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
PO Box 1327, 237 North Second Street, Madison, GA 30650, US
Ferst Readers mission is to "strengthen communities by providing quality books and literacy resources for children and their families to use at home during the earliest stages of development."
Ferst Readers has two initiatives: Our Read to Me Library & Leap into Books newsletter. The program includes an age appropriate hard cover book with a monthly newsletter containing community resource information along with a book guide specific to the monthly title mailed to the child's home from birth until the age of five.
We'll work with your schedule.
PO Box 1327237 North Second StreetMadison, GA 30650
January 15, 2021