 ccording to a recent report compiled by the Campaign for America’s Children, the United States of America now ranks 18th out of 21 industrialized countries in test scores for reading, math, and science. If we are to ever improve our education standing in the world it will be because we get more parents involved in their children's education, especially reading to them in the home when they are very young. Have you given any serious thought as to the future of our nation when four of every ten students in American schools drop-out and do not graduate?
 egardless of who is in the White House, Congress, or in positions of state leadership, this problem will persist, or even get worse, unless we take action. Over time, with good local leadership and having the right people involved, every community has hundreds and even thousands of people who can start and carry out a successful “Bookcase for Every Child” literacy project. Is it possible that you are such a person that can help to get a project organized and build bookcases to give, along with a starter set of books, to children in low-income families?
s a parent, unless you home-school your children, you may not know that --all things being equal -- the children who are being home-schooled have far better test scores and achievement rates than students in both public and private schools. The reason is simple -- one-on-one instruction. This is not to suggest that all parents should home-school their children, but it does reinforce the idea that parents who have pre-school children should have books in the home and read to their children on a regular or a daily basis.
Everyone Can Do Something
 he real challenge we face is to make more and more of our citizens “aware” that we have a tremendous literacy problem in our nation. By means of this Website, we have done our best to provide the very best information we have developed over the past four years, along with a step-by-step plan, to enable any community to join us in a mission to make a difference. With few exceptions, the communities across our nation that have higher literacy rates and the best schools, are also the best places to live, work, and rear a family.
 hen it comes to improving literacy, by being involved in this project, everyone can do something. It may be building bookcases, giving gently used children’s books, reading to children, helping with the “Bookcase Literacy Banquet” fundraiser, or the Annual Awards Ceremony. Please study this Website and give some thought with regards to what we have presented. If you choose to be involved, we would love to partner with you and the good people of your community. The key is to get started and then get better and stronger each year.
Best Regards, Conway Bookcase Project Committee
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This “flyer” is included in each “Learning, Earning & Giving Back” book given away at our Bookcase Literacy Banquet to provide a way for volunteers to indicate how they would like to help |
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