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Become a 2nd Grade Reading Buddy

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

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Become a 2nd Grade Reading Buddy

Did you know that for only one hour a month you can help fight illiteracy?  Have you always wanted to be involved with Rotaract’s international award winning signature service project—Ready 2 Read?  If the answers are yes, you need to be a Reading Buddy. We are recruiting Reading Buddies for the upcoming school year.  Each Reading [...]

Rotaract Hears from Birmingham Students about Ready 2 Read

Thursday, July 1, 2010

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Rotaract Hears from Birmingham Students about Ready 2 Read

The Rotaract Club of Birmingham and its service partner, Better Basics, recently received letters from several students who benefited from the Club’s award-winning service project, Ready 2 Read.  Each year, Rotaract helps place full libraries in the second grade classrooms of Birmingham schools.  The Club also provides volunteer Reading Buddies, who take time each month [...]

June 26th Service – Ready 2 Read Book Clean Up & Inventory

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

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June 26th Service – Ready 2 Read Book Clean Up & Inventory

With year two of Ready 2 Read winding down, it’s time to prepare the classroom libraries for next year.  Join our newest members for their first service project on Saturday, June 26th from 8:00 a.m. to noon at our annual Ready 2 Read Book Clean Up and Inventory.   This service project protects the $125,000 investment [...]

Get Involved in Fundraising for the Rotaract Club of Birmingham Foundation

Thursday, December 3, 2009

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Get Involved in Fundraising for the Rotaract Club of Birmingham Foundation

The Rotaract Club of Birmingham Foundation exists to receive donations from the general public, publicly supported organizations, and governmental units and make disbursements for the service projects of the Rotaract Club of Birmingham.  The Rotaract Club of Birmingham Foundation was created as an entity to clearly separate service funds from club operating funds of the [...]

Ready 2 Read Service Project Receives International Recognition

Monday, June 29, 2009

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Ready 2 Read Service Project Receives International Recognition

Rotary International (RI) will recognize The Rotaract Club of Birmingham’s signature service project, Ready 2 Read, as the 2009 International Winner of Outstanding Rotaract Projects.  Rotaract’s Ready 2 Read project has placed libraries in every second-grade classroom in the Birmingham City School system. Local club President V. J. Graffeo will present the project and accept [...]

Reading Buddies Update

Thursday, April 16, 2009

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Your last visit to read to your classroom should be scheduled in April.  At this time you will pick up the reading log sheets from each student as well as the Ready 2 Read library.  You should take a quick inventory of the books by counting them.  There should be a total of 128 books.  [...]

Ready 2 Read

Thursday, March 12, 2009

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Ready 2 Read

In 2005, Rotaract chose literacy as its service project focus, targeting second grade reading comprehension after studies showed that age group was a critical time in a student’s educational development. Rotaract wanted to give young students the tools that they needed to become better readers, and direct access to more books in their classrooms was [...]

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