Our Goal This Year: Book Buddies are shifting into high gear to bring even more books to kids in Title I schools next spring. Last year’s total of 40,000 books was great, but we hope to come close to doubling that in the 2018 – 2019 school year. How? The same
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SAYL Welcomes New Staffers
This summer, SAYL welcomed new program manager Alyssa Delgado, and our new volunteer manager, Angela Rendon. Alyssa grew up as the book loving daughter of a librarian in Brownsville, Texas and moved to Austin to attend the University of Texas in 2009. After receiving her BA in English, she moved
Executive Director Note – September 2018
“TEACHER? I PREFER THE TERM EDUCATIONAL ROCKSTAR!” Its official, we are back to school. The state sales tax weekend (where I suspect most of the bargain hunters were NOT going back to school or even parents of those going back to school) has passed. Our best and brightest are, once
Donor Spotlight – August 2018
A big thank you to those who supported SAYL through their contributions to the Valero Texas Open Birdies for Charity event. We were fortunate to receive $4,290 from Birdies for Charity, which represents both collected funds and matching incentives. Thank you to our SAYL community of supporters.
Reading Buddy Insider – August 2018
The new school year is just weeks away and the SAYL staff is gearing up for another great year! If you are a returning Reading Buddy we will be reaching out to each of you once we have the new tutoring schedules from the schools. In the meantime, we would
Camp Read-Aloud Wrap Up
This year’s Camp Read-Aloud wrapped up the last week of July, and we are all going to miss spending time with the awesome kiddos at Catholic Charities and Ella Austin Community Center. We read six books over the summer, played literacy games, and made awesome crafts each week. The kids
Executive Director Note – August 2018
“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt Well we have certainly had a busy summer! Our collaborative program with Harvey Najim, Boys & Girls Club and SA Youth is winding down and now it will be our charge to look
Executive Director Note – July 2018
“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
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