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.