Every childs reads by the end of third grade - nothing else matters
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CHILDREN HAVE A VIVD IMAGINATION.
HELP US TO LET THEIR MINDS SOAR.
Imagine the smile on a child's face when they open a book that was made possible through your generous donation. Your caring act of kindness can change their life!
CURRENT EVENTS
Decorate a Little Free Library
Please donate the value of a Starbuck Coffee
Decorate a Little Free Library
On April 29, the City of Fort Lauderdale is celebrating its 10th annual Fort Lauderdale Cares Day with over 30 service projects throughout the city. Please join our Action For Literacy artists at Provident Park, 1412 NW 6 St from 9 - 11 am to decorate a Little Free Library. For more information contact Jorg Hruschka at jhruschka@fortlauderdale.gov
Youth SUmmit MArch 23, 2023
Please donate the value of a Starbuck Coffee
Decorate a Little Free Library
Join local youths (15-18) and participate in an open conversation about relevant current issues. Your opinion matters.
JC CARTER PARK
1450 W. SUNRISE BLVD
33311
5 - 8 pm
Limited seating available. Refreshments and pizza will be served. A certificate and community service hours will be awarded.
To register contact , Anna Henry at ashenry22@icloud.com
Please donate the value of a Starbuck Coffee
Please donate the value of a Starbuck Coffee
Please donate the value of a Starbuck Coffee
Action For Literacy and the City of Fort Lauderdale are working with the principals of Walker, Westwood Heights and North Fork elementary schools to thank their teachers by putting together THANK YOU baskets with gift cards to your favorite coffee store. Please help us until April 30, 2023 by donating the value of a Starbuck's coffee. T
Action For Literacy and the City of Fort Lauderdale are working with the principals of Walker, Westwood Heights and North Fork elementary schools to thank their teachers by putting together THANK YOU baskets with gift cards to your favorite coffee store. Please help us until April 30, 2023 by donating the value of a Starbuck's coffee. Thank you for supporting our hard working teachers.
They deserve it.
9th UNITED DAY at provident park
9th UNITED DAY at provident park
Please donate the value of a Starbuck Coffee
SAVE THE DAY!
Help honor Dr. King’s legacy of civic engagement. Join the City of Fort Lauderdale, local non-profits, your neighbors, and friends for a day of service at Provident Park, as we decorate Little Free Libraries, walk our neighborhoods, remove litter, and paint mural panels.
For details, contact Jorg Hruschka, Chief Service Off
SAVE THE DAY!
Help honor Dr. King’s legacy of civic engagement. Join the City of Fort Lauderdale, local non-profits, your neighbors, and friends for a day of service at Provident Park, as we decorate Little Free Libraries, walk our neighborhoods, remove litter, and paint mural panels.
For details, contact Jorg Hruschka, Chief Service Officer, at 954-828-5568 or email jhruschka@fortlauderdale.gov
Join the fun
9th UNITED DAY at provident park
Join the fun
AFL 1.22.22
Help with the event or just bring your kids and enjoy educational games, food, raffles at the fun, family friendly event.
Join the fun
9th UNITED DAY at provident park
Join the fun
AFL 1.22.22
Help with the event or just bring your kids and enjoy educational games, food, raffles at the fun, family friendly event.
Get your own Little Free Library
Get your own Little Free Library
Get your own Little Free Library
AFL 1.22.22
Thanks to a generous grant by PNC Bank, we are able to donate a limited number of Little Free Libraries to qualified homeowners in the greater Fort Lauderdale area.
Express your talent !
Get your own Little Free Library
Get your own Little Free Library
We are looking for talented artists to decorate Little Free Libraries. These art piece will be installed at homes in the greater Fort Lauderdale area.
ABOUT ACTION FOR LITERACY
Our Vision and Mission
Our Vision and Mission
Our Vision and Mission
Vision
Any child in Greater Fort Lauderdale can read by the end of third grade
Mission
Ensure every child in Greater Fort Lauderdale has access to free, age appropriate books any time through book giveaways and the Little Free Library network
Our Cause
Our Vision and Mission
Our Vision and Mission
Reading is a critical bridge to success in school, work and life. Children generally are learning to read until third grade. By the fourth grade, they should be reading to learn. Students who don’t read well by the end of third grade have increasing difficulty to keep up and are four times as likely to drop out of high school.
Many children in disadvantaged neighborhoods are lagging behind because they do not have access to age appropriate reading materials. Our volunteer team at Action For Literacy wants to ensure that every child has access to free books close to their home.
Our passionate volunteers build, install, stock and maintain over 110 birdhouse-style Little Free Libraries in the neighborhoods where they are needed most.
Our Team
Our Vision and Mission
Our Team
It started with a simple question by a volunteer. Why can't we....? Within a week in October 2016 passionate volunteers collected over 500 gently used children's books and gave them away at two City sponsored events.
The rest is history.
Our core team of volunteers meets several times a month to organize upcoming events. They build our Little Free Libraries, create decorating events with local schools and civic and homeowners associations, restock our library network, collect thousands of books, and give them away at neighborhood events.
These events can only be successful with great partners and caring volunteers like you!
We have been blessed to collaborate with the City of Fort Lauderdale, the Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale, PNC Bank, Broward County Public Schools and Libraries, Early Learning Coalition and many business, church and non-profit entities over the years. We welcome businesses, churches, students, neighbors, friends and families to join our Action For Literacy volunteer team.
SMILING FACES
