Tuesday, October 4, 2011

September's Project- Book Mark Making Workshop

We popped open a Rubbermaid  filled with crayons and the comforting smell of childhood encompassed us all!  AHS Key Club volunteers, a Middle School Volunteer, and a few grownups alike all made a comment about that smell!   We were suddenly all back in time to 'play mode'!   VLC  hosted a Bookmark  Making Project at the Waukesha Library on Saturday September 25th.  It was a kick off to the Waukesha Reads Program and an opportunity to bring awareness to their community project...collecting children's books in Waukesha businesses for the VLC Children's Free Library!   VLC established this library, and we have been getting over 1,000 books into the homes of children in need each month for over 1 year!  Studies have shown books in the home creates better readers, more  successful students and citizens!  Almost every single child who walked through the doors of the library that morning stopped and made a bookmark for themselves and one to share at the VLC library!  Stickers, rubber stamps, markers, weaving, watercolor paints, yarn, ribbon, and of course crayons entertained us for two hours...we were all kids helping kids!  Thank you to the volunteers for their help and to donors for dropping off art supplies for us to use.  In case you missed it there  was an article in several of the area newspapers about the project and library at;   http://www.waukeshanow.com/news/130660408.html

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