You’ve got a Friend in Me: Reading Buddies at the Library

Today’s re-blog might get you thinking about volunteering to help some kids………

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This summer, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh launched a brand-new volunteer program called Reading Buddies. The program was developed out of an initiative called Hazelwood Reads Together, and here’s the gist: trained volunteers are stationed in the library to read to and interact with kids, one on one or in small groups.

We know that kids succeed when they read, and that having acaring mentor doing th...