United We Serve

At the end of June I posted an article (see June's article on volunteering) about serve.gov, a new website that's been set up as a place anyone in the country can go to find volunteer opportunities in their communities. In June I reported that there were no listings for our area. Now, just over a month later, there are seven pages of opportunities listed for the 84302 zip code. How cool is that!

President Obama has been encouraging volunteering in America and September 11th has been made a national day of service and remembrance. Serve.gov now gives all of us a great place to start whenever you're looking for a volunteer position in the community.

Thanks again to all of the citizens who volunteer in our community and make Brigham City a better place.

Elizabeth

Volunteers and Volunteer Projects

At the library we always see an increase in the number of people volunteering over the summer months and it's wonderful. This summer we've had even more volunteers than usual - teens/pre-teens and adults. I think there are a lot of people in our community that like to volunteer and we're very lucky to live in a community like that. But sometimes it gets hard to know where the volunteer opportunities are.

Now there's a website called serve.gov where people can post volunteer opportunities for others to see. If you're looking for a project to help with you can also go to serve.gov to look up volunteer opportunities in your area.

It's a great way to help everyone in the community, even if you only have a few hours a week. Right now there is nothing listed for the Brigham City area, but Salt Lake has quite a bit - and really neat sounding volunteer jobs too.

So if you know about a service project or organization that is looking for volunteers, please let them know about serve.gov. Right now the library has a lot of volunteers and we're not sure if we can take on any more, but when something opens up, we'll be sure to post it there.

And thanks to everyone who's making all of our lives better by volunteering in the community.

Elizabeth

Summer Reading Tutors Needed

“To learn to read is to light a fire: every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”

~Victor Hugo~

The Literacy Program will hold its annual Stay on Track summer reading program at the Boys & Girls Club, Willard Library/city offices, and the Brigham Library. Tutors are trained at a 2 hour session on Thursday June 4 by Diane Francom and then matched with a child that has been recommended by their elementary school teacher. The tutor and child then meet twice a week during the summer for about 45 minutes to benefit from the joys of reading. These are often children who otherwise may not have the continuity of reading during those months and struggle with it during the school year.

This is a very flexible program where everyone takes into consideration vacations and holidays. It is an opportunity to volunteer for a service that is not only richly rewarding, but invaluable. The recent Dept. of Education survey projects that this will be the first generation in the history of this country that will be less educated than the previous generation.

Please consider volunteering this summer for Stay on Track and look for sign up sheets at the library for the training, or call Diane at 723-5850.

You Can Help Promote Youth Literacy

“To learn to read is to light a fire: every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”

~Victor Hugo~

The Literacy Program will hold its annual Stay on Track summer reading program at the Boys & Girls Club, Willard Library/city offices, and the Brigham Library. Tutors are trained at a 2 hour session on Thursday June 4 by Diane Francom and then matched with a child that has been recommended by their elementary school teacher. The tutor and child then meet twice a week during the summer for about 45 minutes to benefit from the joys of reading. These are often children who otherwise may not have the continuity of reading during those months and struggle with it during the school year.

This is a very flexible program where everyone takes into consideration vacations and holidays. It is an opportunity to volunteer for a service that is not only richly rewarding, but invaluable. The recent Dept. of Education survey projects that this will be the first generation in the history of this country that will be less educated than the previous generation.

Please consider volunteering this summer for Stay on Track and look for sign up sheets at the library for the training, or call Diane at 723-5850.

Helping Kids Read

“To learn to read is to light a fire: every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”

~Victor Hugo~

The Literacy Program will hold its annual Stay on Track summer reading program at the Boys & Girls Club, Willard Library/city offices, and the Brigham Library. Tutors are trained at a 2 hour session on Thursday June 4 by Diane Francom and then matched with a child that has been recommended by their elementary school teacher. The tutor and child then meet twice a week during the summer for about 45 minutes to benefit from the joys of reading. These are often children who otherwise may not have the continuity of reading during those months and struggle with it during the school year.

This is a very flexible program where everyone takes into consideration vacations and holidays. It is an opportunity to volunteer for a service that is not only richly rewarding, but invaluable. The recent Dept. of Education survey projects that this will be the first generation in the history of this country that will be less educated than the previous generation.

Please consider volunteering this summer for Stay on Track and look for sign up sheets at the library for the training, or call Diane at 723-5850.

Volunteers Needed to Promote Literacy

“To learn to read is to light a fire: every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”

~Victor Hugo~

The Literacy Program will hold its annual Stay on Track summer reading program at the Boys & Girls Club, Willard Library/city offices, and the Brigham Library. Tutors are trained at a 2 hour session on Thursday June 4 by Diane Francom and then matched with a child that has been recommended by their elementary school teacher. The tutor and child then meet twice a week during the summer for about 45 minutes to benefit from the joys of reading. These are often children who otherwise may not have the continuity of reading during those months and struggle with it during the school year.

This is a very flexible program where everyone takes into consideration vacations and holidays. It is an opportunity to volunteer for a service that is not only richly rewarding, but invaluable. The recent Dept. of Education survey projects that this will be the first generation in the history of this country that will be less educated than the previous generation.

Please consider volunteering this summer for Stay on Track and look for sign up sheets at the library for the training, or call Diane at 723-5850.