1,000 Books for Students In Grades Pre-K to 12
Our Kids Read (OKR) in collaboration with the Ford Resource and Engagement Center will donate over 1,000 books to Detroit K-12th grade student at a community event on Saturday, March 18th, 2023 at 11:00 AM. In addition to book donations, Our Kids Read will bring storytellers to the event to get children excited about stories and reading (storytelling will begin shortly after Noon on Saturday).
The books from Our Kids Read are in addition to a wire array of service for the community that will also be available at the FREC: free food, haircuts, Detroit Lead Safe Housing Program Home Information, legal help, tax assistance and more.
Our Kids Read has as its vision supporting reading and literacy in communities of color in order to encourage systemic change.
The Our Kids Read mission is to connect children and communities to diverse books and reading programs in order to foster literacy, achievement and a positive self-view. We conduct 1:1 remote reading program and donate thousands of books to US schools featuring Latino, African-American, Native-American and Southeast Asian characters to children in grades pre-K through 12th grade.
Our Kids Read two (2) core programs. They are:
Free Book Festivals – OKR partners nationally with local organizations, authors and donors to bring thousands of books to K-5th grade students. We hire local storytellers and musicians to bring stories from around the world to life, then allow youth participants to pick 2-3 free books from our book tables of hundreds of books and up to 100 unique titles to choose from across all K-5th grade reading levels.
1:1 Reading Buddy Program – OKR matches adult readers with children in the under-served communities we work with for virtual 1:1 mentoring and reading sessions (over Teams and Zoom). Each session is 45-minutes, once or twice per week, for 12 weeks. Both mentorship and literacy are goals of the program.
the poverty line hear 65,000 words or less per week. Jahmal Lake, Our Kids Read’s executive director says, “We are trying to change that narrative. We expose children in our program to 5,000 – 10,000 additional words per week and model strong reading skills to the children in the Reading Buddies program. Students can see their own reflection in faces and stories that build self-esteem and ignite imaginations. We’re committed to advancing our kids’ literacy level one book and one student at a time.”
The mission of Our Kids Read (OKR) is to connect children and communities to diverse books and reading programs in order to foster literacy, achievement and a positive self-view. We conduct 1:1 remote reading programs and donate thousands of books to US schools featuring positive Latinx, African-American, Native-American and Asian characters to children in grades pre-K to 12th grade. Students are invited to join the Reading Buddies program where they are matched with an Our Kids Read Reading Buddy who will serve as a reading mentor once, twice or three times a week. Learn more at www.ourkidsreadinc.org or donate at https://www.ourkidsreadinc.org/make-a-donation .
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