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 ookPALS is a unique all-volunteer literacy program. Professional actors visit public elementary schools in local neighborhoods to read aloud to children every week. The world of literacy and literature is then opened to these children by the very people who can make books come alive through their talent and training.
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Tuesday, March 31 2009 @ 12:13 PM EDT
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Las Vegas BookPALS took students at four elementary schools on a Dr. Seuss adventure. Students at Kathy Batterman, Vegas Verdes, Ollie Detwiler and Reynoldo Martinez Elementary schools were treated to a reader's theatre version of "The Butter Battle Book".
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Wednesday, July 01 2009 @ 06:09 PM EDT
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Las Vegas BookPALS and the Screen Actors Guild Foundation would like to congratulate each of our volunteers who made the 2008-2009 school year so successful. We reached an estimated nine-thousand students through our weekly reading and our numerous special events throughout the year.
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Sunday, June 21 2009 @ 03:00 PM EDT
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Natalie & Helen Ingebritsen, Doug Kaye, John E. Pearson, Sr., Monica Pearson, Frankie Earle, Gloria Stanley, Greta Glynn and Caroline Glynn (All captions are left to right)
In appreciation of all of our Atlanta BookPALS, our Annual Summer Appreciation Picnic was held on June 20th, 2009 at Riverside Park in Roswell, Georgia. Books donated by First Book were distributed to all of our volunteers to give to their students upon return to school in August. Piggly Wiggly Supermarket in Cleveland donated all of the soda for our event! Thank you Atlanta BookPALS for reading to all of the students throughout the 2008/2009 school year!
Minnie Tee, Cindy Tinius, Natalie & Helen Ingebritsen, Jane Bass, Carolyn Ellis, Kathryn Firago, Mac Tinius, Martha Knighton & Dennis Klein
For the past three years, Dennis Klein has coordinated the space at Riverside Park for the Summer Appreciation Picnic. This year, his efforts were rewarded with a Screen Actors Guild Awards Show Cap. Thank you for your extraordinary efforts, Dennis!
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Sunday, June 21 2009 @ 02:42 PM EDT
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Mac Tinius with Piggly Wiggly Employee, Anita Gillette
Cindy Tinius, Atlanta BookPALS Coordinator with Piggly Wiggly Store Manager, Eric Webb
For the past two years now, Piggly Wiggly Supermarket in Cleveland, Georgia has graciously donated four cases of soda to our Atlanta BookPALS Summer Appreciation Picnic. Thank you, Piggly Wiggly, for your support of the Atlanta BookPALS Program and for caring about literacy in Georgia!
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Monday, June 15 2009 @ 02:18 PM EDT
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A hearty thank you to everyone involved in our programs! From the teachers who support and welcome us into their classrooms, to the volunteers who so generously give of their time and talent, to the children who gratefully receive us. The literary gifts you’ve given to the children of Florida are indeed priceless. Each of you brings a special magic to these programs. Despite hard times, our programs remain solid and substantial thanks to your noble efforts. Our Florida Branch is 277 volunteers strong, touching the lives of more than 10,000 children through weekly readings, letter writing, and multiple special events, including the Zora Neale Hurston Festival, Read Around the Park, Teach-Ins, Literacy Nights, Orlando Museum of Art readings, and many more. Your time, talent, resources, and generosity help change lives and make a real difference. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!
South Florida Appreciation Dinner
Central Florida Appreciation Lunch
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