Ven-Mar Neighborhood Association

Volunteer Reading Partners at Walgrove Avenue Elementary School

March 14, 2003, is the deadline for volunteers' registration

Walgrove Avenue Elementary School has a brand new school library. The Community Development Committee of the Ven-Mar Neighborhood Association was involved with this project among others for this campus. You may recall the community meeting held at the School in February of last year, chaired by Rick Brown, jointly sponsored by the School and Ven-Mar. At that meeting the proposed physical improvements were presented and discussed with School Board Member Marlene Canter present.

Establishing the library was one of the projects embraced by the meeting. The library has now been completed with the aid of funds from the Wonder of Reading Foundation and from Friends of Walgrove. The next step is to make the library effective: “Reading Partners” are needed to work with struggling students on a one-to-one basis for one hour a week during school hours. Each volunteer has to take a training class provided by the Foundation (no exceptions).

Volunteer for this worthwhile service and help make an invaluable difference to another human being who is just starting to acquire the basic tools for becoming a contributing member of society! Please sign up by March 14.
Get your Registration Form by clicking on http://www.wonderofreading.org/files/volunteer_registration_form.pdf.
Please, print the form, fill it in and mail it as instructed on the form.

Training session scheduled for Thursday, March 20

The training session is from 8:45 am to noon on Thursday, March 20 (the first day of spring) at the school (1630 Walgrove Ave, 90066).

Need more information?

Click on the Home Page of the The Wonder of Reading organization: http://www.wonderofreading.org/

Alternative training sessions are listed at http://www.wonderofreading.org/131.htm , but be warned: none of them are near or convenient.

For more information, please contact Walgrove Avenue Elementary School at 310-391-7104 or click on the Home Page of the The Wonder of Reading organization: http://www.wonderofreading.org/.