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RAISING A READER NEWS
EQUITY & ACCESS TO LITERACY: Getting more books to children.
A collaboration between TMC RAR Committee and the SLO Food Bank.
5/1/2021: The Raising a Reader (RAR) committee of The Monday Club is excited to launch a new program to further our mission of promoting childhood literacy and providing access to books for children. This new outreach will help provide books to even more children in our community, through the SLO FOODBANK "Breakfast Bags" program. So clean out your bookshelves and attic, or go shopping, tell your family and friends and let’s collect books!
Our first collection day will be May 10, from 4 – 6 pm. After that, donation drop dates are 2nd and 4th Mondays of May, June and July from 4-6pm.
Donations may be dropped off to a large red wagon at the side entrance of the Clubhouse, ensuring social distancing and COVID compliance.
Guidelines:
- gently used books (no written on, torn, stained or missing pages)
- appropriate for children ages 0-18.
- no religious books
- books that appeal to a diverse group of people would want to read to their children
- board books for infants and toddlers
- paperback books for readers of all ages
- books may be in Spanish and other languages
- new books are also welcome
All-natural Swedish Dishcloths
Eco-friendly, multipurpose and pretty seasonal designs!
Monday Club’s Raising A Reader Committee is selling Swedish dishcloths as a fundraiser with a Spring theme. Each set contains 3 dishcloths, in the assortment shown. Price includes tax and shipping! Send as a gift to friends and family and of course to yourself. What an inexpensive & fun way to support an excellent reading program!
This fundraiser will help Raising a Reader continue with our mission to bring books into the lives of children in our community. The members of the RAR thank you, as do the kids who joyfully receive their weekly bag of books.
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RAISING A READER is a national, award-winning, early childhood literacy program which helps family develop, practice, and maintain home literacy routines. RAR provides children a bookbag, 4 books (rotating the selection weekly), and library introduction with first library card RAR also provides parents and guardians training and resources for literacy and oral language development, to support a child’s reading readiness and family bonding. TMC members on the Raising a Reader Committee:
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DONATE TO RAISING A READERIf you would like to make a donation to go directly to Raising a Reader, please fill use the form below, and choose Donation Category "Raising A Reader." Thank you for your generosity! (The Monday Clubhouse Conservancy is a 501(c)3 Public Benefit Charitable Foundation, Tax ID 95-1679667.) |