How to Get Involved
There are so many ways you get involved in building bridges of
hope and make a difference.

• Make a tax deductible donation
• Organize a Fundraiser
• Organize a book drive
• Volunteer your time and skills
• Do a service learning project with your class or school
• Sponsor a library
• Create a library in memory of a loved one
• Start a Reading Drive Chapter at your
  school
• Wear Reading Drive wristband

Reading Drive Ambassadors
College or high school students who go above and beyond to promote Reading Drive activities their schools and colleges.

• Proud representative of Reading Drive
• Share information -connect, network for Reading Drive
• Engage others to be involved in Reading Drive activities
• Work-put hard work

 Service learning
 How to link service learning to Reading Drive for Africa

 Why Service learning

• Provides viable means for applying knowledge , refining skills, and strengthening teaching dispositions
•  Gives students a venue to implement authentic socio-cultural learning
•  Offers a focus on authentic experiential learning projects
•  Provides an alternative method of meaningful teaching
•  Offers an authentic advocacy experience
• Provides an opportunity for student voice and decision making
  

 Components of Service Learning

• Connections to curriculum, standards, and guidelines
• Authentic and need based
• National Service Learning Clearinghouse

Steps of service learning projects.

• Investigation
• Preparation
• Action
• Reflection
• Celebration

Some useful links for service learning

When service learning meets the project approach: incorporating service learning in an early childhood program

K-12 Service learning standards for quality practice

Handbook for elementary service learning

Service learning for Middle school

Libraries and needs
We are building Bridges of Hope in the following schools in Cameroon and Nigeria. You can help with the completion of the libraries. The schools need the following:

• Ancilla Library-Computers and Books
• St. Joseph Library-Computers and books
• St. Sylvester Sop-Need help to complete renovation, computers and books.
• St. Therese Sop-Need help to complete renovation, tables, chairs and shelves.
• QRC-Room renovation, computers  books, tables and chairs
• Loreto Girls-Room renovation, tables, chairs, shelves, Computers.
  

Early Childhood Service Learning example