Reading to Kids
October 2018
SERVICE DESCRIPTION
For our October event, we'll be participating as volunteer readers at Reading to Kids' monthly Reading Club.
At the monthly reading clubs, pairs of volunteers read aloud to small groups of children, while their parents receive training on how to encourage their children to read at home. Kids, parents, teachers, and school libraries receive book donations at the end of the reading clubs. These are important donations, as 60 percent of low-income homes do not have age-appropriate reading materials for children.
EVENT RECAP
Coming Soon.
ABOUT READING TO KIDS
Reading to Kids is a grassroots organization dedicated to inspiring underserved children with a love of reading, thereby enriching their lives and opportunities for success in the future. To this end, Reading to Kids gathers on average 737 children and 364 volunteers at reading clubs on the second Saturday of every month at eight Los Angeles elementary schools.
Since its inception in 1999, Reading to Kids has given 166,112 prize books to children who attend the reading clubs, donated 30,376 hardcover books to school libraries, and our volunteers have spent more than 201,924 hours reading to kids.
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