Reading Buddies
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Empowering children to succeed
ALI Reading Buddies volunteers visit 13 first and second grade classes in the MSD of Washington Township to share an interactive, engaging read-aloud story with students for six consecutive weeks during the fall and spring semesters. After the six read-aloud experiences, volunteers return in the seventh week to conduct a book giveaway, where every participating student selects a book from a wide variety of titles to take home. In addition, every participating classroom receives a complete set of the read-aloud books for its library. |
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What We Do Reading Buddies was developed to enhance literacy by serving early readers through a first grade read-aloud program in the MSD of Washington Township. |
How We Do It Volunteers read to students for six consecutive weeks during the fall and spring semesters. On the seventh week, students receive their own book to take home and teachers receive a set of books for their classroom libraries. |
Support Us For the 2025-26 program year, ALI hopes to serve all first-grade classrooms-- 21 in all-- in the MSD of Washington Township. The annual budget is $5,000. |