20 Years serving the community
Fallbrook a leer/reading - march 23, 2024
Maie Ellis Auditorium ON Mission St.
2024 will mark our 20th year of Serving our Community through Fallbrook A Leer/Reading Family Literacy Project, Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning. With the help and active support of community members, parents, students, businesses and organizations, we have put over 20,000 books in the homes of students in Fallbrook and Rainbow. High school students have put in tens of thousands of hours of community service. and thousands more hours have be given by adults through this event. Fallbrook A Leer/Reading was the only event in North County that did not completely shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We continued to give books and backpacks to children and provided a virtual literacy program to families during those years of restrictions. With the support and encouragement of parents and funders, we humbly went about our work. We look forward to a fun celebration of 20 years of service, literacy, and community and we invite you to join us!
IT ALL BEGAN AS A SERVICE PROJECT
The Family Literacy event was launched in 2003 as a service project for 6th grade students from Live Oak Elementary School in Fallbrook, California. It was an opportunity to provide students with a lasting and meaningful service project while helping children achieve higher academic success. Research shows that the presence of books in a home can have as much an impact on a child's academic future as having parents with higher education degrees.* We launched the project to help families attain more literature in their homes and thus raise children ready to succeed in school. OUR FIRST YEAR, 35 students and adult volunteers served 65 children and 35 parents in the effort to build literacy awareness. Today we have over 150 students and adults and community organizations volunteering each year serving over 500 parents and children! Children hear stories read by volunteer Guest Readers, and they go home with free new and gently used books. Parents attend workshops and also receive literature or resource books to help they support their children. To volunteer as a Guest Reader, go to : https://forms.gle/toCd7tzeqRPkurC76 *University of Nevada, Reno (2010, May 21). Books in home as important as parents' education in determining children's education level. Science Daily. Retrieved November 2, 2013, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2010/05/100520213116.htm |
OUR ANNUAL GOALS INCLUDE:
- Serve 350 children and families through a day dedicated to the importance of reading.
- Provide 150 parents with outstanding workshops on how to help their children become better readers and students.
- Engage 150 students and adults in meaningful service to their communities which will have lasting effects.
- Place 1500 books in the homes of students in the Fallbrook area.
- Support our schools in educating children.
"There is no better tool we can give our children than literacy." ~Fallbrook Parent