Lead
to Read
A
new year brings about new resolutions, new ideas and a
renewed energy. One of our New Year’s resolutions is to
mobilize ourselves around an important community need:
Literacy.
We
are encouraging all troops and service units to become
involved in meaningful and age-appropriate ways in March.
Whether your group chooses to focus on early childhood,
English language learners, family literacy or some other
dimension, they will help others and reinforce their own
understanding of the importance of reading.
We
will celebrate Girl Scout Week, March 6-12, by
highlighting some of the creative and helpful service
projects that our Girl Scout troops are carrying out to
promote literacy. E-mail Lori
Brougher, our communications director, by February 28
with a brief description of your project, if you would
like to be considered for media coverage during Girl Scout
Week. Be sure to mention what training, skill development,
and leadership experience the girls are gaining.
Complete
a service project summary and submit to the Girl Scout
Service Center by April 30. Commemorative participation
patches will be available to purchase in the Council Shop.
Listed
below are suggested ideas to get your troop’s planning
session started.
-
Build
a library/reading corner at a local shelter or youth
serving agency
-
Host
a Read-In – designate a time, and date where your
troop, service unit or association families agree to
read
-
Begin
a book swap – purchase, read and share books with
a sister troop, service unit every month
-
Offer
to decorate bulletin boards at the local library
encouraging reading
-
Tutor
and read with students who need to improve their
abilities
-
Adopt
a nursing home and collect books and articles for
residents and record on audio tape
-
Collect
new books and donate to a daycare or preschool
center
-
Volunteer
to read during story/skit time at the library
-
Create
a puppet show using favorite children’s book
characters
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Make/decorate
bookmarks and donate them for use at book stores or
libraries for patrons
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Use
our Girl Scout Read to Lead booklets, available
through the Resource Library and for sale at the
Council Shop.
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Meet
the book challenge: read 25 books in 2005.
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