ReadingPals is a school-based mentoring program that helps 4-year-old pre-kindergarten students build strong pre-literacy skills necessary for kindergarten success.
If you are interested in impacting a student's future, attend a ReadingPals Orientation to learn more about the program and how you can serve as a ReadingPal volunteer. Lunch is provided.
The volunteer commitment is one hour per week for the duration of the school year, or two days per month as a ReadingPal Partner.
A successful background check including references and a national fingerprint-based criminal history screen is required (at no cost to you). Volunteers must be at least 18 years old, able to work independently with a four-year old student, and be smoke, tobacco and nicotine free while serving as a ReadingPal.
ReadingPals is co-managed by United Way of West Florida and Every Child A Reader in Escambia.
