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Bright Red Bookshelf Community Literacy Program Description: The Bright Red Bookshelf (BRB) program re-circulates gently-used children’s books back into the community where they are made available free for families to own. Books are collected in red crates at community locations and through book drives organized by service groups, congregations and campus organizations. These books are then sorted, cleaned, labeled, and displayed on bright red bookshelves at community locations, generally sites where low-income families will have easy access to them. Program Objectives:
Book ownership and readership are important for enhancing a child’s reading skills and vocabulary, as well as to foster interest in reading and a love for books. If parents are to read to their children, they need the books to do so. Children feel pride in owning their own books. They develop familiarity with text and confidence in reading when books are easily accessible.
History of Program:
The Center Square Association’s Bright Red Bookshelf program began in January of 2009. The inspiration for the program is the very successful Bright Red Bookshelf program created by the Family Reading Partnership in Ithaca, NY in 1997. Volunteers have brought it to Albany with the support of the Center Square Association, a 50 year old educational and charitable neighborhood-based association. The idea of recycling gently-used books and providing them free to children immediately resonated with many members of the local community.
Implementation:
We began the program with a bookshelf at the Albany County Family Court, on Clinton Ave. in their Children’s Center. We have expanded into the Albany County Courthouse waiting room on Eagle St., Koinonia Primary Care on Clinton Ave. and by the end of July 2010, there will be a shelf in the Albany County Child Advocacy Center on S. Pearl St. There are two main collection sites: one at 170 Chestnut St in Albany, NY and at the Albany Art Room on Madison Ave. in Albany, NY. We also collect books from schools and organizations after book swaps, book drives and other family events where books are collected. Please follow this link to see the photos of the bookshelf at Family Court http://www.centersquare.org/tiki-browse_gallery.php?galleryId=14.We are seeking private and corporate donors to off-set the start-up costs of this project, to purchase bookshelves, stickers, crates, and paint. Once we have proven that the program can work (here) in Albany, we hope to further expand the program as hosts and volunteers permit. Contact Information:
Bright Red Bookshelf of Albany 518-227-1RED (518-227-1733) Rachel Eveleth, Co-Coordinator 518-542-6181 reveleth@verizon.net Mary Beth Fowler 518-210-0449 mb@fowlerhome.com The Bright Red Bookshelf was created by the Family Reading Partnership in Ithaca, NY in 1997
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