- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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5 people are interested
Afternoon BookPALS Volunteers--Spring 2023
ORGANIZATION: Children's Literacy Network
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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5 people are interested
- Volunteers for BookPALS serve as reading mentors to small groups of second graders to motivate and encourage excitement around reading! All books and resources are provided, we just need YOU!
- We are looking for volunteers who are interested in going into schools to help us reach more students in Ypsilanti, MI. If you have availability on Wednesday early afternoons, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
- Students will be pulled from their class for 30 minutes to read with you in a small group. Training is provided and no experience is necessary, just a kind heart, open mind, and a love for literacy.
- COVID protocols will be followed according to each school, including possible mask requirements.
- A background check will be required for participation.
2 Shifts
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Tue Apr 11, 2023
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morning /
11:15 AM to 11:45 AM
Tuesday April 11
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Wed Apr 05, 2023
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afternoon /
01:30 PM to 03:30 PM
Wednesdays
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About Children's Literacy Network
Location:
1100 N Main St, Suite 207, ANN ARBOR, MI 48104, US
Mission Statement
Growing Readers for Life! Children’s Literacy Network’s mission is to design and implement literacy-based programs to provide equitable opportunities for children to develop a love of reading and books. We are a volunteer-based nonprofit agency established in 1991, dedicated to closing the book and reading achievement gap to keep low-income students from falling further behind their more affluent peers. Children's Literacy Network (CLN) accomplishes this goal through innovative programming at the early childhood and school-age levels.
Description
For 31 years CLN has provided literacy programs to 400,000 young readers in Washtenaw County, distributing more than a million dollars in new high-quality books to low-income children, creating home libraries for families who need them most. CLN’s current continuum of services and the growth in scope and programming could not have been foreseen by CLN’s founders. Nevertheless, the original goals of the organization remain the same. CLN’s services are useful and empowering for parents, and critical to narrowing the achievement gap between students of different neighborhoods and resources. CLN is committed to meeting ongoing literacy needs, and is dynamic and determined to work with community partners to meet emergent and urgent needs.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Multiple locations Ypsilanti, MI 48198
DATE POSTED
March 20, 2023
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- Literacy / Reading
- Child Development
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- 2 hours every other Wednesday, recurring
- Kindness, patience, interest in working with children, and an interest in literacy.