The Rotary Club of Dryden is looking at launching ‘The Free Reading Program’ for students on their website.
Literacy Chair with the Rotary Club Lucille Ayers gave a presentation about the online program at the club’s virtual meeting on Wednesday.
‘Our executive has expressed interest in signing up as a host. ‘The Free Reading Program’ is a registered non profit organization that began 4 years ago as a pilot project of the Rotary Club of Scarborough.
The Rotary Club of Scarborough and ‘The Free Reading Program’ has helped upwards of 72 thousand of young readers since.
The program contains thousands of activities and Ayers explains the goal of the program.
“The program is free for students in reading levels K-6. It’s designed to supplement and reinforce fundamental reading skills. Students can gain access to it through a host rotary website.”
Ayers says a big advantage of the program is it’s free for rotary clubs to become a host of the program.
“All they require is the club’s logo. The club will receive branded portal access to the program with personalized pages and a link to the programs website, that can be posted on the club’s website.”
Ayers notes it can also be used by parents or those involved in literacy.
Several rotary members agreed the timing would be perfect, as many students are learning virtual this year due to COVID-19.
Next steps for the rotary club include promotion and gauging if there’s interest in the community to have this tool available on their website.
Ayers joined the Rotary club in December and has brought her passion for teaching and literacy, as she continues to volunteer at the Dryden Public Library.
The Free Reading Program was made to help address the immense need to impact literacy rates around the world and in communities.
To learn more about the Free Reading Program, watch the video below.