United Way launching Book Drive to support San Diego students

For more visit - https://uwsd.org/ ● Starting Feb. 1 through March 15, United Way of San Diego County encourages local companies and individuals to either make monetary donations and/or donate new books to support its annual “Read Across America” book drive. ● The organization aims to collect 3,000 books to help local students develop essential literacy skills, ignite their imagination, and nurture their love for reading. 2 ● All donated books will be distributed to local students in historically disinvested areas across the county. ● From being a doctor to an astronaut to a veterinarian, children have grand dreams of what they want to be when they grow up. However, those dreams can easily slip away due to educational and economic inequities. ● Not reading at grade level and lack of access to resources such as age-appropriate, high-quality books at home are both significant factors that hinder a child’s long-term learning, ultimately preventing them from reaching their career goals. ● A staggering statistic shows that over half of all San Diego County children aren’t reading at grade level by the time they enter fourth grade. ● Studies show that children not reading at grade level by the end of third grade are four times more likely to drop out of high school, largely because foundational reading comprehension is crucial for building more advanced educational concepts. ● To help close literacy gaps in our region, UWSD strives to put books into the hands and homes of children who need them most. ● This year’s Read Across America Book Drive is sponsored by Navy Federal Credit Union. ● For more information on how to support the drive or become a sponsor, visit uwsd.org/raa. WAYS TO DONATE: Make a financial contribution: For just $10, you can put a book into the hands of a local child in a disinvested community to help keep their dreams alive. Donate a book virtually: Donors can purchase books online through Warwick’s La Jolla and choose from a list of curated books in both English and Spanish. Visit uwsd.org/raa to purchase books online. When purchasing a book on Warwick’s website, select the “Pick Up In-Store” option. Warwick’s will automatically ensure that your donation is added to the “Read Across America” book donations. Gift a book in-person: Books can also be purchased in-person from one of United Way of San Diego County’s partners, including Warwick’s La Jolla (7812 Girard Ave.) and Libélula Books & Co. (950 S 26th St.) in Barrio Logan. ○ Receive a complimentary coffee from Cafe Moto (2619 National Ave.) with a Libélula Books & Co. Read Across America purchase. Ask in-store for details.

all right from the creativity of balloons to the creativity of books now United Way of San Diego County hosting their annual read Across America book drive and they're calling on the community and local businesses to help them Reach their goal we can do it together joining us live the president CEO of United Way of San Diego County Nancy El sazaki to tell us more about how you can contribute to the drive so the drive has been going on for a while Nancy but we're at the tail end and we really got

to push through to help out the kids that need these books exactly we want to get as many books as possible into the hands of kids who don't have books in their home it's so hard to imagine that there are homes without books we love our books right absolutely but it's great to try to get them into these kids' hands and uh the distributions are just a whole lot of fun what people watching right now at home that uh maybe have a stack of books maybe gently used or new books that they want to contr

ibute how do they go about doing this and then what is the process to get these books in the kids of hands who really need them yeah it's definitely you can go to either uh warwicks in La Hoya and buy a book um you can also go to liula which is in bar Logan and buy a book there it's a really interesting bookstore um or you can uh drop them off at our office at 4699 Murphy Canyon Road um go online and donate um at wsd.net we certainly have a goal that we want to reach this was 3,000 books but we

can get more books in because we always are Distributing books to kids and there are more kids out there that want and need books and it's again so fun to watch them because they'll come in and they'll look at the books and they pick it up they might like the color they might like the pictures they might like the title they put it down they look at the next one they're very Discerning about which books they take absolutely uh you're speaking of which books you have a favorite here Nancy which on

e show everybody this is it Cat in the Hat Cat and the Hat by Dr s and I found my favorite yeah what's that of reading to my three kids Where the Wild Things Are this was such a fun one to read to the kids with the dreaming and the creativity and the monsters and the sailing away and then sailing back I get lost in this book the kids get lost in this book and that's what these books do right absolutely they help us with our creativity they you to to to think and formulate creative ideas they tak

e you on trips that you might not go and when it's a little dreary outside like it is today perfect day to stay inside and read absolutely so uh some of our underserved Comm uh populations aren't getting their hands on the books that they should be getting or as many books as they ought to yeah absolutely like I said there are some people who don't even have books in their homes and I can't even imagine that so having one or two or three that people can read that the kids can read maybe read tog

ether you know like you said as you read to your kids that's just a special moment to share with them but it's also great for the kids like just open the book read a couple of pages just get into the habit but it's definitely something that we're trying to do and um hopefully everybody will help us get that we know it's a special moment when you get all the kids together and they open these books up and they're looking at is this the one I want they're kind of feeling out a little bit it's just

so much fun watching their faces you know you just get the reward of watching their faces and see their excitement and and when they choose their books they just big smiles on their faces absolutely the smiles we all get for some of these classics the power of reading here Nancy uh tell us our viewers where they can go to learn more how they can get part of the book drives their website give us all the details absolutely definitely go to wsd.net Lula in uh bario Logan or and you know we also wan

t to thank Navy Fed for sponsoring our book drive this year yeah it takes a village that's for sure to pull this off 3,000 is the goal folks but I think we can beat it here uh there's lots of great ways that you can give cuz uh we all know the power of reading l a generation and that's right all right taking a quick break we'll be right back stay with us

United Way launching Book Drive to support San Diego students

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