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| The Reading Pioneer Club
will be holding our major fundraiser this year. The
Pioneers have been asked to help once again at the Reading Fair, putting
wrist bracelets on people attending the fair. We can make $1500 for
working Aug. 2006. We need to man gates for over 100 hours and
will need lots of help so no one has to work more than one shift.
Shifts run 2-3 hours. If you are interested, please call Mary Jane
Howe at 610-775-1577. |
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Five volunteers from the
Reading Pioneer Club read to children at Amanda Stout Elementary School in
Reading, PA each month as part of the Wood to Wonderful “Reading is
Toyrific” program. Wood to Wonderful is a non-profit organization that promotes
reading to young people. Their
project received a $10,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation.
“Reading is Toyrific”
provides a hard-back book and a toy, relating to the book, each month to
every student in Pre-K through first grade in 3 different schools in the
Reading School District. This
program affects 750 children in total, 275 kids at the Amanda Stout
School.
The
Reading Pioneer Club has given dictionaries from the Pioneer Dictionary
Project to the school.
Principal Michael Stralo uses the books as awards for children who
have completed an assignment or project.
He said he has seen a difference in the achievement levels of
children who have earned a dictionary, and more children are working
harder to earn one of their own.
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| Reading Pioneer Club presents dictionaries to
Principal Michael Stralo at Amanda Stout Elementary School. (L-R)Betty Adams, Leni Herr, Michael Stralo, Doris Epler,
Marilyn Ging. |
Pre-K class at Amanda Stout
School listening to Pioneers Leni Herr and Marilyn Ging reading “My
Sparkly Red Hat”. Notice
the hats on the readers! |
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LH Kinnard Chapter Reading Pioneer Club
member Leni Herr and her partner, Tim, recently returned from vacation on
San Andres Island, Colombia, in the Caribbean.
They provided school supplies and dictionaries for the First
Baptist Church School on the island.
The islanders speak three different languages, and the children
speak Spanish 2 days a week, English 2 days a week, and Creole one day a
week in school. School
Director George Brown was thrilled to receive the dictionaries and school
supplies. He said they could
easily get Spanish dictionaries, but English dictionaries are in short
supply. He will use them as
incentives for students who complete projects.
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Leni
Herr presenting dictionaries to students
on San Andres Island, Colombia
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Director
George Brown and students
with dictionaries and school supplies.
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