14
May
Minneapolis/St Paul – Brings Author to Celebrate Assistance League ACTION! Week
As part of Assistance League’s ACTION! Week, our local chapter worked with Elizabeth Hall Elementary in Minneapolis, to bring in a local author to come talk to their third graders. Lehman Riley, the author of the ‘Papa Lemon’s Little Wanderers’ book series, which are historical fiction children’s books about his grandparents, spoke about his family […]
17
Mar
the Bay Area – Partnerships Key to Chapter’s Success with Assistance League ACTION! Week
In the fall of 2018, Assistance League issued a call to action to all chapters to participate in a nationwide effort to raise awareness of the importance of promoting childhood literacy and putting books in the hands of children who might not have access to them. Assistance League ACTION! Week was officially celebrated February 25 […]
09
Mar
Reno-Sparks – Provides Library Books for ACTION! Week
Assistance League of Reno-Sparks provided 16 schools $1,922 each worth of new library books for ACTION! Week. The photo is of Smithridge Elementary School and the Links to Learning ladies from Assistance League of Reno-Sparks. This photo shoot had been re-scheduled 3 or 4 times due to the heavy snow and school closures in Reno […]
Mar
Temecula Valley – Elsinore Elementary Teacher Receives Grant
LAKE ELSINORE – Jennifer Camargo, intervention teacher at Elsinore Elementary School, is on a mission to promote literacy. Her role is to provide extra support to students in grades 2, 3 and 4 who are two or more grades behind grade level in reading or math. On any school day, she sees up to 48 […]
Mar
Everett – Kids at Granite Falls Boys & Girls Club get 2,500 new books
GRANITE FALLS — Elementary and middle school students wandered through a maze of 2,500 books grouped by grade at the Granite Falls Boys & Girls Club last week. They each got one free book Thursday, and clamored to make their pick. Monte Cristo Elementary student Starr Broten, 9, chose “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” […]
Mar
Santa Barbara – Gives Youth Literacy a Boost
Assistance League of Santa Barbara has participated in National Assistance League’s annual ACTION! Week, a nationwide event to promote literacy, by partnering with 2nd Story Associates (a nonprofit division of the Housing Authority of Santa Barbara County) and the Santa Barbara Public Library in a program to provide literacy material to local children from infancy […]
