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Dive
Into Reading - 2021
Palmetto Elks 2449 has been
providing community service to children in a local (soon to be
state-wide) Dive Into Reading program. The program is designed
to help children in Title One schools from second through
third grade raise their reading skills.
Sadly, 51% of Manatee County
children in the third grade cannot read at the third grade
level.
The Anna Maria Oyster Bar piloted a program after they
heard the statistics above (from school employees) and
realized that from birth to third grade we “Learn to Read” and
from third grade onward we “Read to Learn.” Children who
cannot read at grade level after third grade usually do not
make it through high school. Their future is dim with regards
to being a productive member of society after that.
If we help support this program, the future
will look bright for these children. The Elks will not let
them down!
Your help is needed! Please volunteer to be a Mentor.
Sign-up forms are coming! If
you and your family and friends would like to volunteer and
mentor these children by reading to them this coming Summer
please use this link to sign up for more information:
Jim Hoey
Palmetto Elks 2449
