- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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10 people are interested
2023-2024 In-Person BookPALS Volunteers
ORGANIZATION: Children's Literacy Network
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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10 people are interested
Children's Literacy Network's in-person BookPALS program is returning this fall! The program will share the joy of reading and encouragement of reading confidence with local 2nd and 3rd grade students while practicing crucial literacy skills. The highly-loved program is in need of volunteers that are available during the school day on a bi-monthly basis to be mentor readers to students. Please continue reading for more information on the volunteering experience with in-person BookPALS.
- Volunteers for BookPALS serve as reading mentors to small groups of 2nd and 3rd 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 students. If you have availability on Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesday morning/early afternoon, 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 and open mind.
3 Shifts
- 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- 11:45 AM to 12:30 PM
- afternoon / 12:30 PM to 02:30 PM
- NONE OF THESE TIMES WORK FOR ME, BUT I CAN STILL HELP
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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 13, 2024
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
- 2 hours every other week, during the school day.
- Kindness, patience, an interest in working with children and reading.