“LIVING THE VOLUNTEER SPIRIT” ACROSS OUR GREAT STATE

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Chris Woodworth, Education and Libraries

  • Develop a library tour for children and end with a library card and book for them to keep.
  • Facilitate or join an English conversation group for international students/visitors. Establish a “Little Free Library” in your area.
  • Work with the ALA or others on a “1000 Books before Kindergarten” program. Assemble a “Books for Babies Basket” for new babies in the community.
  • Be a library advocate.
  • Invite a language teacher to host a bilingual story hour w/ books of other language/culture.
  • Host story times, parties, or adult book discussions at the local library.
  • Donate school supplies to schools in need throughout the community and state. Collect manipulatives for preschools and Head Start Programs in Aug/Sept. Donate recess and playground equipment.
  • Work to stop bullying with blue ribbons, blue pinky swear, and “Stop Bullying” bracelets.
  • Fund school buses for class fi eld trips.
  • Ask about and fund the needs of librarians.
  • Provide “Buddy Benches” on playgrounds for lonely students.
  • Volunteer as an academic mentor in afterschool programs.
  • Provide materials for an afterschool homework center.
  • Organize a career shadowing day, pairing students w/ community leaders and professionals.
  • Support teachers with assistance at the beginning of the school year and “Just in Case Kits.”
  • Establish ESL conversation groups.
  • Sponsor a “Take a Break and Read” program.
  • Become an adult literacy volunteer.
  • Develop a Family Reading Workshop with tips for parents for reading to their children.
  • Create themed early literacy kits.
  • Help GED adult students with babysitting services.
  • Sponsor a Global Reading Challenge for older children with a quiz bowl.
  • Create a reading nook at a local laundromat for adults and children.
  • Donate books of diversity to schools, children’s hospitals, and other sites.
  • Host a book shower for a shelter with adult and children’s books.
  • Identify the need for English as a Second Language program in your community. Read to others such as children in homeless shelters, the elderly, or visually impaired.
  • Donate a bookshelf and books to new Habitat for Humanity homes.
  • Hold a “My Favorite Book Contest” w/ 6th graders awarded a prize for winning book reports.
  • Celebrate Dia de los Ninos, Dia de los Libros (Children’s Day/Book Day) on April 30.

Education and Libraries Community Service Program

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