Category Archives: Literacy

Laundromat Library League

LaundromatLibraryLeague.org 100 W Virginia Avenue, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380 Contact:  Lois Lamond or Mary Ann Schwab, (610) 383-7957,loisreads@comcast.net The Laundromat Library League seeks to encourage children’s literacy at a fundamental level with free books. It is a small but important link in a support network to encourage livelong learning. The LLL places “Library Boxes” in laundromats and occasional other sites. A deliverer monitors these twice a month and, when needed, delivers a bag of replacement books to refresh the box. Our Goal is to make books available to children who have little or no access to books at home. We have created […]

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Bernie’s Book Bank

Berniesbookbank.org 28101 N Ballard Drive, Unit A Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Contact:  Nancy Hopma, (847) 780-7323 nancy@berniesbookbank.org Bernie’s Book Bank collects, processes and distributes quality new and gently used children’s books to significantly increase book ownership among at-risk infants, toddlers and school-age children throughout Chicagoland. Reading is the single most important skill a child needs to learn. Yet studies show that 61% of low-income families don’t have any books at all in their homes for their children. Bernie’s Book Bank aims to change that statistic by pouring quality children’s books into “at-risk” homes, ensuring that children have access to books […]

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Link to Libraries

Link to Libraries, Inc. 35 Blue Grass Drive, E. Longmeadow MA 01028 Contact: Susan Jaye-Kaplan, President, (413)224-1031, litlink@hotmail.com The mission of Link to Libraries is to distribute new books to children of all cultural backgrounds who are under served. To give books of all genre for children to own and for their school or non profit organizations throughout CT and Western MA. Link to Libraries offers volunteers opportunity to come to our warehouse in Hampden, MA and label books, assemble literacy book bags for our Welcome to Kindergarten programs.  Volunteers are needed to read aloud to children in grade 3 at various […]

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Reach Out and Read

ReachOutandRead.org 56 Roland Street, Suite 100D Boston, MA 02129-1243 Contact: Reach Out and Read National Center 617-455-0600 and info@reachoutandread.org Reach Out and Read Greater Philadelphia  215-590-5989 and info@rorgp.org Reach Out and Read is an evidence-based national nonprofit organization that promotes early literacy and school readiness, with a special emphasis on children growing up in low-income communities. Reach Out and Read takes place at 5,000 primary care health centers across the nation.  In pediatric exam rooms during well visits, primary care physicians and nurse practitioners incorporate Reach Out and Read’s evidence-based model by advising parents about the importance of reading aloud and giving brand-new, […]

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Nor’Wester Readers – Canine Assisted Learning Program

 www.norwesterreaders.org 485 Worthington Mill Road Richboro Pa 18954 Contact: Wendi Huttner-Director 215-504-0154 Lab324@aol.com The goal of the Nor’Wester Readers Canine Assisted Learning Program is to utilize registered therapy dog teams who will work cooperatively with public school teachers to support and build student motivation, enhance focus, and increase task persistence. The presence of our therapy dig teams will offer a stress free learning environment which will increase student self esteem and confidence.  This program enhances the educational environment and improves student learning through the use of the therapy dogs in the classroom. Volunteer Opportunity:  Do you have a certified therapy dog? – The […]

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Legacy Youth Tennis and Education Center

Legacy Youth Tennis and Education Center 4842 Ridge Ave., Phila., PA 19129 Contact: Ben Hirsh, Coordinator of Youth Leadership and Volunteer engagement, 215 487-9555, bhirsh@ashetennis.org The mission of the Legacy Youth Tennis and Education Center, inspired by the life of Arthur Ashe, is to create meaningful opportunities for a diverse cross-section of young people, especially those from under-resourced families and communities, to achieve success as individuals and as active, responsible citizens. We attain this mission through innovative tennis, education, life skills, and leadership development programming in neighborhoods throughout the Philadelphia area and at our state-of-the-art Legacy Youth Tennis and Education Center. There is a wide […]

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Philadelphia Reads

Philadelphia Reads 325 Chestnut Street Phila., PA 19106 Contact: Adrienne Jacoby, Executive Director; ajacoby@philareads.org Tara McCoy, Program Director  tmccoy@philareads.org.  215.279.7450 x12   The Philadelphia Reads’ mission is to build a city of readers by providing hands-on and philanthropic opportunities for businesses, corporations, church, youth and community groups and individuals to strengthen the literacy skills of Philadelphia school children. Our goal is to help Philadelphia students in under-resourced schools build literacy skills and achieve reading proficiency by grade four. Volunteer Opportunity:  Host A Children’s Book Drive We’re recruiting companies, community groups, youth groups and individuals to host a children’s book drive to stock the […]

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African Library Project

African Library Project 5 Thistle St, Portola Valley, CA 94028 Contact: Lauren Small, Executive Director, info@africanlibraryproject.org +1-856-423-7222 Do you love to read? Can you imagine a world without good books?  Many rural African schools/communities have no or very little access to reading material. The African LIbrary Project changes lives book by book by starting small libraries in anglophone African countries. We mobilize US volunteers to organize book drives to provide the books to start or improve libraries in African schools and communities.  Our work makes a concrete and personal difference on both continents. Join us!   For your mitzvah project, help […]

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