“You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild to pick up a book and read to a child.” – Dr. Seuss Well, we have been off the grid for a bit. We have been reconstructing our website and by we, I mean Mary Flannigan, our Communications and Partnerships Director and a
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Donor Spotlight – July 2018
SAYL extends a huge thank you to the following foundations and organizations for their financial support this last month. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church made a donation of $5,000 and is a new partner with SAYL. We appreciate their support and look forward to the possibility of having some of their
Book Buddy News – July 2018
Book Buddies concluded the 2017 – 2018 year in great style, building on the growth we’ve experienced every year since our beginning in 2014. This year we were able to hold May Book Celebrations in 13 elementary schools in SAISD, and for the first time every child in every one
Volunteer Spotlight – July 2018
SAYL’s participation in the Super Sumer Readers program this summer has created an additional outlet for volunteers to get involved and help support developing readers. This month we would like to recognize a group of volunteers from Provenir Healthcare. Nathan McDuell, Jr. reached out to SAYL in early June about
Donor Spotlight – May 2018
Thank You x 3 A special thank you to the following foundations for their grant awards – $50,00 from The Harvey Najim Family Foundation, $7,500 from to the State Farm Foundation and $5,000 from the Mays Family Foundation. These gifts allow San Antonio Youth Literacy the opportunity to continue to
School Spotlight – May 2018
Our Spotlight School of the Month goes out to Japhet Academy in SAISD! The entire staff have been so wonderful to us this school year and we could not thank them more. Site Director Ms. Dana Day and the second grade team have been phenomenal, working closely with us to
Volunteer Spotlight – May 2018
Our Reading Buddy for the month is Kathleen Arteaga. This is Kathleen’s second year volunteering at Cameron Elementary in SAISD. She has been such a joy to work with and is amazing with her students. Not only does she work with four students, she has also attended every session possible
Book Buddy News – May 2018
Book Buddies volunteers have been working feverishly to sort through all the books in the 22 huge boxes received in January, plus the books from local drives. Miraculously, we’ve done it! The entire shipment has been reduced to piles of cardboard, empty pallets, and lots of stacked, finished boxes ready
Executive Director’s Note – May 2018
“If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything.” – Barbara Bush On April 17 the nation and world lost Barbara Bush. She lived an extraordinary life, being not only a First Lady, but also a First Mother. No
Reading Buddy Partner Spotlight- December 2017
For the month of December we are highlighting one of our newer partnerships with Accenture Federal Services (AFS). This is AFS’ second year participating in the Reading Buddy Program, and it is all in thanks to two people, Yvette Spivey and Jasmine Buendicho. Yvette first learned about the SAYL Reading Buddy Program while a student