Bookmans is proud to support Reading Seed and their efforts to ensure that Tucson’s youth are given the opportunities and resources they need to succeed. As a longtime community partner, Bookmans has witnessed the incredible impact Reading Seed coaches have made in our community. In fact, numerous students working with Reading Seed coaches progress at least one reading level in only two months!

 

If you have one spare hour each week during the school year, than you can volunteer to be a reading coach!  The job of the coach is to make reading fun so students become independent readers who are excited about what they can learn.  To become a reading coach, you only have to attend a single training workshop.  Most trainings are taught by the founder of Reading Seed, Allan Tractenberg, who has been a reading coach for more than 15 years.

 

 

 

The beginning of the school year is right around the corner and now is the perfect time to become a Reading Seed coach. There are several convenient trainings available over the next several weeks:

August 5: 9:00 a.m. - noon; Vail School District Office, 13801 E. Benson Hwy

August 17: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.; Nanini Library, 7300 N. Shannon Rd.

August 23: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.; Miller-Golf Links Library, 9640 E. Golf Links Rd.

September 8: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.; Valencia Library, 202 W. Valencia Rd.

September 21: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.; Woods Library, 3455 N. First Ave.

Please join us in helping children in Pima County learn to read! It only takes one hour each week to give a child a gift that will last a lifetime. To register or for more information, please go to the Reading Seed website or call (520) 798-0700 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.