Help Spread the word – Refer a Buddy! Word of mouth has been SAYL’s number one source of recruiting many wonderful volunteers. It’s volunteers like you who share our passion and goals that give us the opportunity to continuously promote healthy reading habits to the many children in need. There
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Reading Buddy Tip – January 2020
Building Your Buddy’s Confidence as a Reader You can probably think of times in your life where being less skilled at something that others seemed to be able to do quite well made you feel inadequate or inferior. Many students experience similar feelings when they recognize they are not reading
Donor Spotlight January 2020
THANK YOU to Valero Benefit for Children for graciously awarding a grant in the amount of $10,000 to San Antonio Youth Literacy’s Reading Buddy Program, and to William and Margaret Klesse for a gift totaling $2,500. Both Valero and The Klesse Foundation continue to be ongoing supporters of SAYL, and for that
Executive Director Note January 2020
“The horizon leans forward offering you space to place new steps of change.” ~ Maya Angelou By the time you read this we will have entered not only a new year but a new decade. Wow! 2020. Over at least the past five years, the community has been setting educational goals to reach
Volunteer Spotlight January 2020
Congratulations to our Reading Buddy of the Month—Paty Ceja! Paty has been a Reading Buddy for three years and first heard about the program through Valero Energy’s volunteer committee. With children of her own, Paty has always known the importance of learning how to read. As she says, “Learning how
School Spotlight December 2019
A big congratulations to our December school spotlight, Mead Elementary of NISD. Their accommodating and welcoming spirit extends far beyond their time with the volunteers. The Amazing staff in their school go above and beyond to make sure the Reading Buddies and the students have the space that they need
Donor Spotlight – December 2019
A special thank you to both Enterprise Holdings Foundation for their donation of $4,000 and to the Frankie Casseb Youth Literacy Club for their ongoing gift of $350, giving San Antonio Youth Literacy the opportunity to continue to deliver its SAYL Reading Buddy Program to children struggling to read on
Executive Director Note – December 2019
“Mankind was my business… charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business.” Charles Dickens (1845). “A Christmas Carol in Prose: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas” This month I have decided to dedicate my message to all of you who know what our “business” during our time here on Earth
Volunteer Spotlight December 2019
Congratulations to our Reading Buddy of the Month Katie Bridenbaugh. She first heard about our program after an SAYL representative made a presentation during a Sunday worship she attended. She loved the idea of working with the children in the school district where her children were, and since then has
Executive Director Note – November 2019
“I think I can. I think I can. I think I can. I know I can.” The Little Engine That Could – Watty Piper Most grocery store trips I took with my mother would end with the selection of a Golden Book. I am told that grocery stores still stock