Ready to Connect Families Through Reading?
Welcome!
Whether you’re a long-time volunteer or just joining us,
we’re excited to share new opportunities to get involved.
Click the link below to see new opportunities to volunteer.
First time volunteering? Fill out our Volunteer Application then send an email!
Check out our First Teachers Parent Workshops & Family Story Hours!
Book Bridges Program at County Jails
Facilitate workshops with parents and family members who are incarcerated or in family recovery programs, emphasizing the value of reading to kids and teaching effective read-aloud techniques.
Then, conduct recordings of each participant reading–these are sent to their children and loved ones at home!
First Teachers in the Home and beyond
Engage parents in the development of their children through discussion and collaboration.
Members of the Reading Legacies Board, Staff, community partners, and parents regularly discuss personal and research-based insights on the benefits of reading aloud with children.
Here are a just a few of our many volunteer opportunities:
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.