Irish Elementary School in Fort Collins, Colorado has a new reading program called “The Reading Carnival” to make reading fun and motivate children to keep up their reading skills during the summer. Redeemer Lutheran Church partnered with Irish to provide food to launch the carnival. The event was held Thursday, May 14, 2009.
Another elementary school in town conducted a book drive to collect lightly used books for all ages of children from kindergarten to 6th grade. Parents and children came to enjoy a free meal and hear the librarian speak about the reading programs at the public library. In the gym, a local drama team acted out stories that had been written by the school children. This was most amusing!
At the end of the evening, all the food had been eaten and all of the books had been taken home by the children. It was truly a successful evening in getting books for reading into children’s hands.
It is a humbling experience to see how grateful for the books these children really are. Most of them come from impoverished and sometimes illiterate families. It was a fantastic experience to get to serve these people in such an enriching way.
Another elementary school in town conducted a book drive to collect lightly used books for all ages of children from kindergarten to 6th grade. Parents and children came to enjoy a free meal and hear the librarian speak about the reading programs at the public library. In the gym, a local drama team acted out stories that had been written by the school children. This was most amusing!
At the end of the evening, all the food had been eaten and all of the books had been taken home by the children. It was truly a successful evening in getting books for reading into children’s hands.
It is a humbling experience to see how grateful for the books these children really are. Most of them come from impoverished and sometimes illiterate families. It was a fantastic experience to get to serve these people in such an enriching way.
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