One of RI and our club’s commitments is to literacy. We revamped the program about 4 years ago into reading assistance for first graders at Bear Canyon Elementary. It thrived and last year we added a second school, second graders at Sedalia Elementary.
Now in our 4th year, we’re lacking volunteers. This is a wonderful, 1:1 program giving you a chance to really help someone in our own community. You’re always asking us for hands on programs, so we don’t want to let this go. BTW, same with Project Cure. Finding one-off volunteer activities is a challenge, which is why we’ve got these weekly/monthly commitments in place.
We have over 90 members. For the reader program, we need 4 people each month for 7 months – that’s only 28 people over the yearly course of the program. It’s this simple, we’ve got to get the volunteers or we’ll have to stop the program.
So step it up, people! We need people for Feb, March & April. Sign-up sheet is always out at the entry table. Commit to a month, it’s only an hour out of your day! We’ve got to keep it going in order to be in line with Rotary International’s goals. Talk about rewarding – these kids do nothing but benefit from our work here. If nothing else, it’s a great deposit in your own personal karma bank!