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We are climbing Mt. Mansfield in the Race to the Top for kids like Abe and Penny, and 482 more Vermont children who had reading mentors in 25-26. Please support us as we hike and volunteer and run and cycle to keep children reading with mentors in the next year.
Abe says he's not really a reader.
But Abe loved reading with his mentor Greg. He preferred scary stories that Greg calls "interesting"! Abe and Greg read together for 3 years until Abe graduated from 5th grade. One year they spent most of the year on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
"As I read, I could tell that Abe was reading ahead, eager to know what was happening next!" said Greg. Not bad for a kid who didn't consider himself a reader. Everybody Wins! mentors help children feel the excitement of reading a good story.
Penny applied to mentor this year. Answering "Why do you want to be a mentor?" Penny said,
I remember attending the program myself as a mentee when I was in elementary school. I remember every detail about reading with my mentor, Peggy. I can vividly recall what it felt like to learn new words with her, to critique books together, and share in our love of reading. The joy she encouraged me to feel in reading was so incredible that I have not stopped reading since then.
Here's Penny with her little sister Ruby and their mentors.
This year, Penny read with a child at Burlington's Sustainability Academy. The cycle of connection and joy and reading goes on, and we take part in the Race to the Top to make sure it keeps on turning.
Thank you so much for supporting us in our mission to keep offering mentors to children like Penny and Abe. We are so grateful!