South Sound Reading Foundation
In an effort to increase the number of children entering school prepared to learn, read and succeed, the South Sound Reading Foundation exists to ensure that every child is read with 20 minutes a day starting at birth. Reading just 20 minutes a day with young children is the key to healthy brain development, family bonding, and success in school.
News and Events
10th Annual Thanks for Giving Book Drive Hosted by the Valley Athletic Club
POSTED: October 7th 2011
The Valley Athletic Club is hosting its 10h annual “Thanks for Giving” Children’s Book Drive during the Thanksgiving Holidays. They will collect new and gently-used children’s books from November 21h through November 27h. Donated books go to the South Sound Reading Foundation who will distribute the books to low-income and at-risk children and youth. “Fall is a hard time for us. We have a huge demand for free books and literacy programming” says Reading Foundation director Jennifer Forster. “The Valley is hosting this drive so we can address this need. They are fantastic community partners!”
“We have so many wonderful families at The Valley who value reading and want to support the community,” says Chelsea Nagel, Membership Advisor for Director for The Valley Athletic Club, which has been serving the community for more than 30 years.
Usborne Books is also hosting a Book Fair at The Valley during the same week to support the Reading Foundation.
The mission of the South Sound Reading Foundation is to ensure that every child is read to at least 20 minutes a day starting at birth. For more information on the Foundation call (360) 412-4499, e-mail read2me@nthurston.k12.wa.us, or visit their website at www.readingfoundation.org/southsound.
Share your love of reading by sharing your old books.
SSRF on Discover Thurston!
POSTED: September 16th 2011
Check us out on Discover Thurston! at http://www.discoverthurston.com/ and join us at Books by the Bay.
Books by the Bay 2011
POSTED: September 16th 2011
Join the South Sound Reading Foundation on Thursday, September 22nd for a magical evening at the Olympia Country and Golf Club. Sip and nibble as you chat with award winning authors, bid on fantastic silent auction items, meet and greet local leaders committed to literacy all while listening to live local music. Award-winning authors: Brenda Guiberson, Trudy Ludwig, Margaret Lippert, Kurt Cyrus, and Margaret Read MacDonald (books available for sale by Barnes & Noble Booksellers). Fabulous literacy silent auction includes: · Your name in the next Kirby Larson book· 2 4 person passes to the Great Wolf Lodge· A weekend getaway to Alderbrook Resort· And over 40 other fantastic items like tickets to museums, zoos, Wolfhaven, fantastic books baskets, and so much more!When: Thursday, September 22nd, 5 – 7 p.m. Where: Olympia Country and Golf Club, 3636 Country Club Road, Olympia, WA 98502 To order tickets call: 360-412-4499 or email:readt2me@nthurston.k12.wa.us
Borders Summer Book Drive!
POSTED: June 21st 2011
Encourage summer reading in your community by donating a brand new book to a child in need. Borders Books & Music, located near the Capital Shopping Mall in W. Olympia, has decided to partner once again with the South Sound Reading Foundation for their summer book drive. Stop by Borders today, cool down with a refreshing beverage from their cafe, browse their large selection of young adult and children's books and donate one (or more) to the South Sound Reading Foundation. We appreciate your support!
Congratulations Imagination Celebration was a Success!
POSTED: June 30th 2011
“Congrats to you and the other organizers for another VERY successful Imagination Celebration! It keeps getting better and better. Great variety, lots of hands-on activities, food vendors, wow. You've done a marvelous job and I enjoyed being part of it.” Magically,Jeff Evans. Imagination Celebration, a huge free family-friendly block party to celebrate summer, reading and the imagination, happened on Saturday, June 18th (12-5:00) behind the downtown Olympia Timberland Regional Library. Kids got to meet their favorite authors: New York Times bestselling author, Brandon Mull, (author of the Fablehaven Series), award winning, New York Times Bestselling author illustrator Jesse Joshua Watson (Hope for Haiti), New York Times Bestseller and Golden Kite award-winning author illustrator Richard Jesse Watson (The Magic Rabbit), and Deb Lund, dinomite author of several books for young children, including the rollicking dinosaur adventure books, DINOTRAIN and DINOSAILORS. Puppet shows, dance, music and a special presentation Wrapped! The Search for the Essential Mummy from Stephanie Lile, exhibit curator for the Washington State History Museum, entertained the over 1500 attendees. Kids also made their own books, puppets, book marks and other crafts at the twenty plus activity stations. Little ones got a tent of their own for special birth-5 activities in the Little Tot Tent. “Families looking for a wonderful day to spend with the kids found it at Imagination Celebration, a free family event that marks the beginning of summer in the South Sound!” says Jennifer Forster, Imagination Celebration committee member and director of the South Sound “Read 20 minutes a day” Reading Foundation. Mark your calendars now for June 16th, 11-3, for Imagination Celebration 2012. For more information visit e-mail read2me@nthurston.k12.wa.us or call the South Sound Reading Foundation at (360)412-4499.
