Thursday, October 20, 2011

First event at SRYI

Alvernia READS had the pleasure of hosting its first literacy event at the South Reading Youth Initiative (SRYI), an after-school program run by the Holleran Center at Alvernia. Sheriff Weaknecht was present for this event, and visited with each of the children to discuss safety awareness as well as the importance of reading.
Picture courtesy of the Reading Eagle





Nine students volunteered to read with 27 children at SRYI, and we were pleasantly surprised to find that many of the children were excited to read to us!
Before ending the event by distributing a book for each child to take home with them, we went "alphabet fishing". The kids had a great time fishing in a pool of 200 colorful paper fish, each containing a letter on the back which they then used to spell as many words as possible.


The next Alvernia READS event is scheduled for Thursday, October 27th at Tyson-Schoener school. We're looking forward to working with the energentic 1st grade!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Upcoming events in October

Alvernia READS will be hosting its first reading with South Reading Youth Initiative at Saint Peter's Church in Reading on October 19th. Sheriff Weaknecht will be present to interact with the kids and give them freebies from the Sheriff's Department. Additionally, we have 20 wonderful student volunteers from Alvernia who will be devoting their time to reading with the kids and giving them free books at the end of their visit. Stay posted for pictures!

Next, we'll be visiting a 1st grade classroom at Tyson-Schoener. This will the first of many visits to this 1st grade classroom, as we'll be working with them on a monthly basis this entire year. We're very excited to get to know all these young students by reading with them, completeing fun literacy activities and of course, giving them books to add to their home libraries.

Remember--if you'd like to get involved just email allison.kren@alvernia.edu or stop by the Holleran Center to talk to Ali.