The Family and Community Engagement Webinar

1. The Family and Community Engagement Webinar

2. This webinar is being recorded and will be available online. The recording, PowerPoint presentation, and workbook will be shared. Keyword search “Service Activities Webinars” on our website. Webinar Recording

3. Using the control panel: • Raise your hand using the icon during the Q & A segment • Type your question in the “Questions” box during the presentation Asking Questions

4. What’s your favorite childhood book?

5. America’s Literacy Crisis • Reading Action Program Overview • Literacy and Early Reading • Lions Impact • Jackie Harvey, Scholastic • Activity Planning Resources • Discussion Session/Q&A Agenda

6. “Child development is a foundation for community developmentand economic development, as capable children become the foundation of a prosperous and sustainable society.” -Dr. DipeshNavsaria, ROAR

7. One out of five households in the U.S. does not have access to books. • 75% of students who are poor readers in 3rd grade remain poor readers in high school. • Two-thirds of America’s children living in poverty have no books at home, and the number of families living in poverty is on the rise. America’s Literacy Crisis

8. What’s your favorite childhood book?

10. Has your club participated in a Book Distribution project? Yes No Poll Question

11. The Literacy Paradigm

12. The Reading Action Program provides an important opportunity for Lions to help bridge the gaps in literacy and education in their communities. • Increase literacy among children and adults • Improve access to inclusive education • Bridge the digital divide and provide access to books • Place new emphasis on existing Lions programs, including services for people with vision loss Reading Action Program

14. Include books in holiday gift baskets • Host Scholastic book fairs at your local school and other community locations • Organize a book giveaway for International Literacy Day • In December and January, provide books at food banks under the “Relieving the Hunger” Campaign • Donate books to hospitals – children’s waiting areas, books for hospitalized children Ways to get Involved

15. Which of the following projects would you most likely consider doing in your community? • Holiday book giveaway • Host a Scholastic book fair • International Literacy Day book distribution project • Provide books to a local food bank • Hospital book donation Poll Question

16. Jackie Harvey Director of Community and District Wide Partnerships at Scholastic

17. Who is Scholastic • Why is Reading Critical to Success • What is FACE • How Can You Join FACE • What Can We Do to Help Lions • Different Options • Next Steps Agenda

18. International Company – It Matters All Over World! • Largest Publisher of Children’s Books in World • Only About Literacy…Read Every Day. Lead a Better Life • Started by a Former Teacher. Filled with Former Teachers 93 Years Old!

21. “Reading is key to a child’s cognitive, emotional and social health. Giving a book to a child is more important than giving DVDs, flash cards and educational games. The first 3 years of life, the brain is wired in ways it will never be wired again. Reading at the earliest ages is critical to brain development.” - Dr. DipeshNavsaria, Pediatrician and Reach Out and Read Reading is CRITICAL

22. Reading… • Exercises our brains. (Much more complex than watching TV) • Builds neuro-connections in the brain • Improves concentration • Teaches children about the world • Improves vocabulary • Helps build writing skills • Develops a child’s imagination • Gives children empathy and understanding of cause and effect • Helps children perform better at school • Gives a child a chance at life and choices • Changes the entire family Why is Reading Critical?

23. “A child growing up with several books in their environment completes an average of up to three years more schooling than a child who has no access to books in their environment.” – Evans, Kelley, Sikora & Treiman, 2010

24. “Literacy, the ability to read, write and understand, is the birthright of every child in the world, as well as the pathway to succeed in school and to realize a complete life.” -Scholastic’s Reading Bill of Rights

26. Extends literacy beyond the classroom to accelerate academic success • Supports learning occurring in schools to build the home-school connection • Brings research-based programs and strategies that support children from birth through high school by focusing on five pillars…. Benefits of FACE

28. Membership Program – to make sure children receive books • NO FEES – It’s a FREE Membership • No MINIMUMS • No MAXIMUMS • FREE Shipping • 45%-80% Off List Price FACE

29. How Does that Work? • Fill out a FACE Application • FACE Customer Service will contact you • You will get your own membership number • You can give that number to anyone who wants to give books to kids • Each club needs to have own number FACE

31. FACE FAX NUMBER:888-598-0415

32. Online Application:http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/face-new/become-a-member.html

35. FAX FACE Application: 888-598-0415 • Go Online to: http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/face-new/become-a-member.htmlor just Google Scholastic FACE Ap and you will be taken to the application! • Mail the application in • Contact Jackie Harvey at jharvey@scholastic.com • Contact Kate Barcal at Lions programs@lionsclubs.org • FACE Catalog and Brochure have Application Applying to FACE

36. FACE FAX NUMBER: 888-598-0415 FACE Customer Service: 800-387-1437 Mail FACE AP: Scholastic Customer Maintenance P.O. Box 7502 Jefferson City, MO. 65102

37. Maurene’sTeam • FACE Customer Service If you do know what you would like to do, we can help. If you need some guidance on possibilities and options, we can help. WE ARE READY TO HELP YOU

38. At eye screenings, give books away • Books can even be about vision and eye care • When giving eyeglasses • Books can even be about vision and eye care • When reading to children • Give that book to children • Summer Fests – Invest in Summer Reading • Give packs of books to children for summer We can help you with what you are doing now

40. Set up a Lions Literacy Den • Place where families come together • Parent trainings • Underprivileged children come for computer time • STORIA ebooks from Scholastic • Adopt a Classroom or School • Implement a Mentor Program • Mentor a Class • Mentor a Child More Service Opportunities

42. Vision and Eye Care • Health and Wellness – Diabetes • Hearing • Cultures • Spanish and Bilingual Books • Disaster Relief – so important to not stop a child’s learning Collections to Support your Projects

43. Oklahoma – Disaster Relief • Rebuilding community libraries, school libraries and home libraries • Post disaster, attention to a child, as in reading to a child is healing that child • Kansas • Funds given to Host City from Lion’s Clubs to local Lions to find opportunities to reach underprivileged children and give them books Ways We Are Partnering Now

44. Food Bank – give away books • Holiday Celebrations – give away books • Adopt a Child at Holidays – more books than toys • Winter and Spring Break – send books home • Homeless Shelters – kids need a sense of ownership • Doctor’s Offices and Waiting Areas Other Ideas: Books are an Investment in a Child’s Future

45. Engaging our Youth Campaign • International Literacy Day • Sharing the Vision • World Sight Day • International Day of the Girl • Diabetes Awareness Month • World Diabetes Day • Lions Eye Bank Week • Eye Donor Awareness Month • International Women’s Day • Protecting our Environment • Earth Day • Recycle for Sight Month • Hunger Relief Campaign • Pancake Breakfasts • Summer Fests • Community Gatherings When Can You Give Books?

46. Hospitals

47. “Stories… help children cope with the worries and fears precipitated by illness, medical procedures, and hospitalizations.”-Southern Medical Journal, vol 77, no 3

48. Triangulation of Partners to Benefit the Children and Community Hospital Organization Add Logo Here

49. Nationwide Children’s Hospital believes it takes more than medicine to have a healthy child. • Hospitals can be frightening and lonely experiences. Books provide comfort, security, imagination and levity during a stressful time in a child’s life. • Parents and families can find relationships altered when they have a child in the hospital. Books bring people together. The Issue

50. Hospital-bound children need as much control of their activities as possible and opportunities to make choices. • Some children have weakened immune systems due to chemotherapy and other treatments. • Books that are borrowed often cause problems as they carry germs. • Reading helps children transition from the hospital to the home and back into the classroom. The Issue