Sign Up Today and Volunteer through
ReadingPals
FACT: Nearly one third of Florida's
third graders attending public school cannot read at minimally proficient
levels.
And, sadly,
those children are four times more likely to drop out of high school. In an effort to
ensure more children are reading at grade level by the end of third grade,
United Way of Broward County is entering the second year of ReadingPals - a
three-year initiative focused on engaging, training and deploying volunteer
"reading pals" in our community. The focus of this initiative will be
working with First Grade students in
the lower-performing schools throughout Broward County. Volunteers
will be asked to dedicate one hour a week for 25 weeks starting in September
2013 to read in individual or small group settings. (Trainings for volunteers will start on June
27, 2013)
Program Locations:
1.
Collins,
1050 NW 2nd Street, Dania Beach, 33004
2.
Croissant
Park, 1800 SW 4th Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, 33315
3.
Dillard
Elementary, 2501 NW 11th Street, Fort Lauderdale, 33311
4.
Endeavour,
2701 NW 56th Ave., Lauderhill, 33313
5.
Sunland
Park, 919 NW 13th Ter., Fort Lauderdale, 33311
6.
Fairway,
7850 Fairway Blvd., Miramar, 33023
7.
Flamingo,
1130 SW 133rd Ave., Davie, 33325
8.
Morrow,
408 SW 76th Ter., North Lauderdale, 33068
9.
North
Fork, 101 NW 15th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, 33311
10. Oakridge, 1507 N. 28th
Ave., Hollywood, 33020
11.
Park
Ridge, 5200 NE 9th Ave., Deerfield, 33064
12.
Pompano
Beach Elementary, 700 NE 13th Ave, Pompano Beach, 33060
For more information and to RSVP for the training, please contact Adriana LeCorgne at 954-462-4850
ext. 164 or alecorgne@UnitedWayBroward.org
Click here for the ReadingPals Fact Sheet
