Volunteers Needed!

The 2025 Summer Reading Program will begin in June, and we need your help! Volunteers are the heart of our program, and we cannot move forward without you. Once again, we will be partnering with the YMCA-Grubb Summer program. They have graciously allowed us to work with students every Monday afternoon from 1:00-2:00pm, from June 16th -July 21st at King Elementary. Can you give one hour of your time weekly to read with our kids?

Please reach out to Odessa Peake (peakeod@msn.com) if you have interest in donating your time toward this project.

Thank you in advance for your consideration!

BCDI-Iowa Reading Committee

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