Read and Feed and the Education CSP

Read and Feed Event

On September 5th, seven members of the Junior Woman’s Club of Raleigh Education Community Service Program (CSP) started their first project of the year with Read and Feed. Read and Feed is a great organization that provides reading and tutoring services along with meals to low-income elementary students in Wake County. Since many of the students may not have access to transportation, Read and Feed visits different schools all over Wake County via their bookmobile, which acts as a mobile classroom.

Before the Education CSP got started with their project, Kati Mullan, Read and Feed’s volunteer coordinator, gave them a brief overview of the kinds of activities Read and Feed did with the children, such as tutoring. They would chart the children’s progress as they moved further along in their studies, and used colorful, fun aids during the process. After that overview, it was time for the Education CSP to get to work! The first thing they did was organize Read and Feed’s books by grade level at their headquarters. As they were going through the books, many of them found several books they recalled reading when they were elementary school children themselves! After the books were packed and the extra boxes were broken down, they got to tour the bookmobile, which everyone was very excited about. The toys and trinkets that adorned the bookmobile’s walls and the many books in the back room made for a cozy, inviting environment.

Members also got to chat more with Kati as well as with the founder and director, Jan Frantz. This is the first time the Junior Woman’s Club has worked with this organization and it certainly won’t be the last! Members of the Junior Woman’s Club will be donating books to them throughout the club year and the club plans to do more projects with them in the future. -Teresa Kleitches, Education CSP Co-Chair