... also given a â starter setâ of books. Volunteers read to these 3-, 4- and 5-year-old children each week at local Head Start Centers. The theme of the project is â Building a New Generation of Readersâ as there are 44 million adults in America today who ...

... purpose is to raise funds to construct the next 50 bookcases to be given to 3-, 4- and 5-year-old children in the local Head Start program and the Conway Housing Authority. This annual fundraising event will be held Oct. 15 at 6:30 p.m ...

... set of good "gently used" children's books. We also have volunteers who read to these children each week at our local Head Start Centers. These children are those most at-risk and the ones we want to focus on, because they really need our ...

... Mitchell coordinated a schedule of readers made up of volunteer citizens who read and interacted with the children in the local Head Start Programs in Conway. Several FCRTA members participated in the reading program while others volunteered time by ...

... books by providing a quality, personalized bookcase, along with a starter set of books AND by reading to children at local Head Start Centers and other programs with similar objectives. We also want to encourage parents to read to their children ...

... This project also features another group of volunteers who take time to participate in a reading program for children in local Head Start programs. Tyler, Davidson and others behind A Bookcase for Every Child note that while illiteracy is a national ...

... children in low-income families. Personalized quality built oak bookcases are given to the children who attend the local Head Start Programs here in Conway. The students will receive the bookcases along with a starter set of books at the award ...

... children in low-income families. Personalized quality built oak bookcases are given to the children who attend the local Head Start Programs here in Conway. The students will receive the bookcases along with a starter set of books at the award ...

... Francis, an English teacher at Carl Stuart Middle School, said her initial goal was to collect 75 books to give to the local Head Start program. That goal was met and greatly surpassed. As of Monday afternoon, there were 2,243 books in her classroom ...

... receive books that can not be used by the "Bookcase" organization. Volunteer readers will also be needed for the two local Head Start Programs which are part of the Community Action Program of Central Arkansas. The floor was open to discussion ...