The Reading Is FUN Program
"Where Every Child is Everyone's Child"
Like us on Facebook!
Click here! >
Volunteers Needed!
Volunteers age 17 and above *, work with individual Schenectady CSD Pre-K - 3rd graders in their schools, They typically work with children one day per week for 30 - 45 minutes during the school day between 7:30 am and 3 pm. Some schools have after school programs (3:00 - 5:00) that host our volunteers. Additionally volunteers may choose to work with the youngsters of select inmates in the Schenectady County Jail during their family visits.
*(under 17 must be accompanied by a parent),
Volunteers will instill a love of reading and teach youngsters the letters of the alphabet and their sounds. There are many options for volunteers to choose the school and time of day that the reading sessions would occur.
When children learn to read, there is no limit to what they will be able to do later on.
NO EXPERIENCE is needed—just a willingness to make an enormous difference in a child's life. If they learn to read, there is no limit to what they will be able to do later on. We have support for volunteers through our training sessions and our certified teacher/volunteers.
Background checks are performed on all volunteers prior to them working with a child
At The Reading Is Fun Program (RIF), our volunteer cohort is continuing to grow as the word gets out via different channels and media, but in the meantime. Please let us know of people you know or know of who might be interested in signing on as RIF volunteer teachers. Please share this site and our Facebook Page with your friends.
.
If you'd like to volunteer outside of these hours we can always use the expertise of our community for help with fundraising and organizing our events. Please use the contact page here to email us.
Many thanks!!!
Sign up to volunteer
Faith United Methodist Church - Home of the Reading Is Fun Program Library
811 N. Brandywine Ave., Schenectady.
Many, many Thanks to Faith for their generosity and for the beautiful large, light filled space.
IMPORTANT!
We can now buzz you in when you get to the library just press the intercom button by the glass door. The library is on the top floor.
Safety:
-
Please do not let anyone you don't know into the building when you are "buzzed" in.
-
Watch out for the curb on the right side of the parking lot entrance on Brandywine Ave.
Library Hours:
-
April Library Schedule
-
Spring Break April 4-April 8 - No School
-
Monday 4/8 from 4-6pm
-
Wednesday 4/10 from 1-3pm
-
Monday 4/15 from 4-6pm
-
Thursday 4/18 from 12-2pm
-
Tuesday 4/23 from 4-6pm
-
Friday 4/26 from 11-1pm
-
Monday 4/29 from 3-5pm
-
Thursday 5/2 from 11am-1pm
The Volunteer Support Forums have been a great success. We we will plan another one soon.
Join us to share ideas, get some new ideas or ask questions. Watch this space for more information.
Overheard by one of our volunteers:
A little boy who sits next to the 1st grader that she tutors saw her and said to her student, "I told you that you were having a treat today!"
It made her day.
Schenectady School District Sight Words
Upcoming Training Sessions
For New Volunteers:
Once you contact us with interest in volunteering you will be advised of when we are holding training.
Training will last for approximately one hour.
Materials will be distributed to the attendees. Children's books and other supplies and materials will be available to the volunteers