Volunteer opportunities at Reading Legacies include:

• Book Bridges Workshop Facilitator
• First Teachers Program Ambassador
• First Teachers Program Read-Aloud Facilitator
• Storybook Inspirations Program Facilitator
• Youth Readers Adult Site Coordinator

Book Bridges Workshop Facilitator

In this role, you will have the opportunity to empower parents (and other family members) who are incarcerated and separated from their child(ren) to connect to the child in a positive manner through workshops. By volunteering with us inside correctional facilities, you will guide the workshop and video record the participants reading a storybook for their child(ren). The recording is sent home in a link and the same book is mailed via USPS. By watching their parents read aloud to them, healthy parent-child interactions are provided at a time when this may be impossible for these children in any other way. Click here to learn more about this opportunity.

First Teachers Program Ambassador

This special role is open to adult volunteers who are also firm believers in the Reading Legacies mission. The First Teachers program is designed to empower and encourage parents as their child’s first and most important teacher through fun read-aloud sessions and discussions to follow. As an ambassador you would help with set up, registration, and promotion during our monthly Family Story Hour events. Click here to learn more about this opportunity.

First Teachers Program Read-Aloud Facilitator

Has reading positively impacted your life? Are you comfortable with reading to a group of children? Do you admire the mission of Reading Legacies? Our goal is to communicate the value of reading aloud with children to our program participants, families, and community members. Reading Legacies hosts regular read-aloud sessions outside our Story Corner at Liberty Station in Barracks 15. By reading a story and sharing about the value of reading in your own life, your read-aloud will effectively communicate the unique mission of Reading Legacies. For this role, we’re looking to engage adult volunteers who are willing to encourage others to read with their children. Click here to learn more about this opportunity.

Storybook Inspirations Program Facilitator

Storybooks and grandparents—need we say more? Come and help us create a grandparent’s (or other important adult’s) read-aloud video at our Story Corner, public libraries and senior centers here in San Diego County. You’ll spend time coaching and videotaping local seniors as they read stories and share personal memories with the children who will be watching their video. Your time and efforts will allow these seniors to give what is sure to be a cherished gift to their grandchildren. You are helping us create “reading legacies” across San Diego County and beyond! Click here to learn more about this opportunity.

Youth Readers Adult Site Coordinator 

Adult Site Coordinator volunteers serve as role models for Youth Readers programs across San Diego County. As a Site Coordinator, you will encourage the youth volunteers as good readers with exemplary behavior and commitment to the young children with whom they are reading. Click here to learn more about this opportunity.