"When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does." In my own life, I know this to be true. Nancy Drew, Curious George, Cherry Ames-Student Nurse... The list goes on and on. I would not be the person I am today without the books that I read growing up.
As an only child, your ways of staying occupied are rather limited. Especially when there aren't many other kids in your neighborhood to play with. So I was mainly left with reading and watching TV to keep me entertained while growing up. And oh, how I loved to read. I read voraciously, all year long. In the summer my parents actually limited the number of books I could read so that my eyes had a chance to rest. You see, from age 7 on I was becoming nearsighted at a frighteningly rapid rate and needed the rest to diminish the decline of my vision. I still remember the first book I read on my own, "Curious George Leans the Alphabet". And at school, I devoured anything they gave us to read too. I stormed through the SRA series at lightening speed and loved getting the Weekly Reader each week. I was lucky. I went to a good school with lots of reading resources readily available. Not everyone else my age was as lucky, either then or now.
There's a school in Oak Cliff with a teacher named Mrs. R. Mrs. R is trying to raise the money to buy Weekly Reader subscriptions for the kids in her class. All together, it only costs $230. She wants them because kids' magazines with short stories, like the Weekly Reader, are a good way to get her kids interested in reading. And you can help. All it takes is a donation to help buy the subscriptions. You don't need to donate the full $230. Any amount will help. All you need to do is make a donation here:
http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=610253&verify=-1525430339
Thank you making a donation and helping a child discover who they are through reading.
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