- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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12 people are interested
Read With Kids In-Person Volunteers
ORGANIZATION: Children's Literacy Network
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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12 people are interested
Children's Literacy Network's Read With Kids will be returning for its second year this fall! We are excited for the opportunity to share the discovery of books and reading with even more children and schools! We are in need of volunteers to help bring the Read With Kids program to life for Kindergarten and First Grade students during the 2023-2024 school year.
While current schedules are still being planned, volunteer opportunities will be Monday-Friday in local Ypsilanti elementary schools.
Please continue reading for more information about the volunteering experience with Read With Kids.
- Volunteers for Read With Kids serve as a reading mentor for elementary students in the Ypsilanti community. They work with small groups of 1-3 Kindergarten or First Grade students in 30 minute sessions to introduce them to books, share in a positive reading experience, and engage in fun reading activities.
- Read With Kids is an in-person program, working directly in the school the children attend.
- We are currently looking for volunteers who enjoy working with children and have a love of reading!
- On-site training will be provided for all volunteers.
- Please contact Caitlin at childrensliteracynetwork.org if you have any questions!
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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
June 6, 2023
SKILLS
- General Education
- Mentoring
- Literacy / Reading
- Child Welfare
- Child Development
- Reading / Writing
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 1 hour, once a week, recurring
- Kindness, interest in working with children, and an interest in literacy.