Impact Stories

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Oct

Rancho San Dieguito – Preschool Literacy Event

While supplies lasted, preschoolers, who have a library card and attend the Preschool Literacy Event on Oct. 24 at the Encinitas County Library, received a book bag and a special T-shirt to commemorate the day.  This congratulates them for their involvement in the library’s audacious goal:  in 2015, 1,000 preschoolers will read 1,00 books before […]

25

Nov

San Pedro-South Bay – New Books

I arrived early, a bit apprehensive about what my duties might entail. Although I’d been a member of the Assistance League of San Pedro/South Bay for several years, I’d never worked on Operation School Bell. Like me, most of the children had been uneasy upon arrival, not knowing where they were going or what they’d […]

25

Aug

Bakersfield – Thank You Poem

Thank you for helping one of my impoverished 2nd grade students.  I wrote a poem to try and convey just how much you helped her. Little cold feet are under the desk. Out of their shoes and looking a mess. Little red toes are curled up really tight. Hoping teacher won’t notice the sight. Little […]