Opportunity Details
Giving Tuesday: Prepare Books for Kids at the Book Harvest (age 15+) *Hands On*
After Black Friday and Cyber Monday comes #Giving Tuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back. You can join this worldwide effort by volunteering at The Children’s Book Bank on Giving Tuesday and be entered to win tasty door prizes from Trader Joe’s!
The book gap: For children in poverty, one of the biggest obstacles to literacy development (which begins at birth) is the scarcity of books in the home. While the ratio of books to children in middle-income neighborhoods is approximately 13 books per child in a household, the ratio in low-income neighborhoods is a mere 1 book per 300 families.
To learn to read, children need to be surrounded by books at home so that reading becomes a regular part of their lives!
The Children's Book Bank (www.childrensbookbank.org) and Portland Public Schools believe every child can learn to read. You can help support literacy in our community by volunteering to mend, clean, and organize the ~30,000 gently-used books recently collected during the Children’s Book Harvest book drive. Book “mending” involves erasing scribbles, taping tears, removing stickers, etc. The project begins with a detailed training process on how to mend books, so volunteers should plan to be on time.
This volunteer opportunity takes place at an old Portland Public school building on NE Marine Drive and is ideal for detail oriented people age 15+ who love books! We welcome individual volunteers age 15+ as well as large groups.
For more information, please email Shawn Jaquiss at shawn@childrensbookbank.org
The Children’s Book Bank narrows the book gap by providing the community with a place for families donate the books their children have outgrown, moving thousands and thousands of children’s books into the homes of kids in need.
Keywords: breaking_the_cycle
Project Requirements:
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Volunteers must be 15 years of age or older to attend this project; any volunteer age 15-17 must attend with a parent or adult chaperone who says for the entire duration of the cleaning session.
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If you plan to bring guests to the event, you MUST reserve slots for them. The best way to do this is to create a Volunteer Team. You can then sign up your team for this project.
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All volunteers under 18 are required to bring a waiver signed by their parent or legal guardian. Please download, complete, and bring this waiver with you on the day of the project: Youth Volunteer Release Form
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Need help signing up? Call 503-200-3355.
Age Minimum (with Adult): 15+, Minimum Age:15+
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