Summer Reading, Winter Help for Literacy
This morning Library staff presented the The Reading Connection’s communications director, Judy Hijikata (left), and Lindsey Berke, a Reading Connection board member and children’s author, with a check for more than $2400.
The check represents a $1 donation from the Friends of the Arlington Public Library for each person who completed 2015 Summer Reading.
Nico, Judy Hijikata, Margaret, Lindsey Berke, and Alex (l to r)
The Reading Connection is dedicated to improving the lives of at-risk children and families by helping them create and sustain literacy-rich environments and motivation for reading.
The mission is accomplished by:
- Volunteers who read aloud to children at shelters and community centers
- Donations that provide children with free, new books to keep
- Workshops that help parents encourage reading and literacy development
- Training for family support workers who promote the importance of reading
In 2015, for the first time, Summer Reading at the Library included programming for adults as well as children.