Words Alive is a non-profit organization that helps children, youth and adults discover the joy of reading and how books can add meaning to their lives. Words Alive currently serves more than 500 children and teens each month with our Adolescent Book Group and Early Literacy Intervention programs. We impact hundreds more children, youth and...
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Words Alive is a non-profit organization that helps children, youth and adults discover the joy of reading and how books can add meaning to their lives. Words Alive currently serves more than 500 children and teens each month with our Adolescent Book Group and Early Literacy Intervention programs. We impact hundreds more children, youth and adults in our community with our Community Reading Initiative, which reaches out to parents of preschool age children with read-aloud workshops and collects and distributes books to those most in need in our community. Our programs are made possible thanks to the 125-plus member volunteer force, which gives thousands of hours each year in service to our organization. The Words Alive bookshelf contains all the books currently being read in our Adolescent Book Group and Early Literacy Intervention programs. Our group bookshelves containe the books specific to our invidual programs. To learn more about Words Alive, its programs, volunteering and giving opportunities, please visit our website at www.wordsalive.org.
Our mission is to inspire a commitment to reading and develops shared reading experiences for children, youth and adults. We accomplish this by creating and supporting:
• Targeted programs for underserved communities;
• Community learning forums;
• Community-wide reading projects;
• Model reading programs; and
• Networks for communicating about reading.
Our vision is to create a community where:
• The passion for and sharing of reading provides a common language for all people;
• Individuals are widely encouraged to cherish the intrinsic value of reading;
• The varying elements of the community—political, social and corporate—use literature as a springboard for communication amongst themselves and between each other;
• People look to reading as a key to success in the social, educational and personal and career growth arenas; and
• Existing vehicles of communication and interaction—media, internet, civic groups incorporate literature and its lessons as a matter of course.
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