We invite your school to become part of our Together Events program, our reading celebrations with grade 1 and 2 students, during the next school year. We’ve introduced a new application process, making it easy to give all schools a chance to bring our program to you! These events are 1.5 hours of reading fun... Read More
Importance of the CBC Calgary Reads Book Sale Is Evident As our hundreds of book sale volunteers prepare to collect, sort and sell 100,000 books at our annual CBC Calgary Reads book sale, we took some time to reflect specifically on how important this sale is to Calgary youth in CBE schools. The success of... Read More
Another busy year is well underway. Our Calgary Reads@School core programming continues to be in great demand with 442 volunteers tutors working with 596 students at over 80 schools. Our English as a second language for English language learners programming continues to be oversubscribed as well, now serving ESL children in 11 schools with a... Read More
The family who reads together … By grade 2, it was clear that Anna was struggling to read. Through Calgary Reads, an early literacy initiative, Anna was matched with a trained volunteer for individual tutoring. Her mother, Nancy, recognized the effectiveness of the Calgary Reads program in bolstering literacy levels and soon became a volunteer tutor... Read More
Each year we celebrate our volunteers by hosting a “Volunteer Celebration” – please watch for your invitation to this appreciation event being held on: Thursday, May 26,... Read More
Only one week to honour our volunteers?!! It is our hope that each of you feels valued and honoured all year long! What would Calgary Reads look like without the dedication of our volunteers? Easy to answer – we would not exist without them! Volunteers offer their time to Calgary Reads in many ways: Tutors... Read More
Here are a few quick tips for you, to help create a postive and joyful read aloud experience with a child:Choose a book that you and your child will enjoy together. You'll find that your child often wants to... Read More
