LITERACY PROGRAM
Years
14
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15,000 books
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82,000 students
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$117, 000 invested
Helping At Risk Kids Embrace Reading
The Rotary Club of Orlando works to help at-risk kids embrace reading.
In the fall of 2010, we hosted our first book fair for 50 First Graders at Ivey Lane Elementary School, a Title 1 school where most of the children are considered at-risk and come from a challenged socio-economic community. The program has continued to expand and now include six Title 1 elementary schools.
The club has invested over $117,000, and provided more than 15,000 books to over 82,000 students…for many this is the very first book that is truly theirs.
One member’s vision and one club’s support made a difference to several thousand students. You, too, can make a difference in our community. The Rotary Club of Orlando may be able to help your vision come alive and make a difference!
Program Chair, Jon Stine
Working in conjunction with Wild Horse Tales, a 501(c)3 foundation, we provided books, a school visit by Orange County Sheriff’s Mounted Patrol and provided a field trips to the sheriff’s stable, all part of an effort to help students learn the important of reading. The program is serving six Title one schools.