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		Process Volunteers are recruited, trained and organized into small teams to read on a weekly basis during the school year in kindergarten and prekindergarten public school classrooms. Volunteers commit to read for 15-30 minutes per week around lunchtime for at least two months. We take care of all of the arrangements: the books, the scheduling, training, etc. to make it easy for our volunteers. Teachers even approve the books in advance of our volunteers reading! All volunteers must complete a Volunteer Sign-up Form. Then, they attend a 45-60 minute orientation/training session. Volunteers are subsequently placed with in a small team at a school. Volunteers are assigned to the same school, class, day and time each week to allow for easier scheduling and to help them develop a good rapport with the students and teachers. Each week in each classroom, volunteers read one book selected from our carefully chosen library of books on responsible behavior topics which is made available at their school. They also close out each session by asking the children a couple of predetermined questions to stimulate interaction and application of each story's message. Service Area This is an on-going program and is conducted by Love Helps, inc. at no charge to schools. Public schools in Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County, Tennessee (our current service area for this program) may contact us for a LEADING by READING Program Request Package. Statistics During the 2008-2009 school year, there were 9 Metro. Nashville Public Schools who are participating in the LEADING by READING program. Last year, 750 books were read to more than 570 K & Pre-K students by 68 volunteers with wonderful feedback from teachers! Since 1996, over 8,000 children's books have been read to Nashville's kindergarteners and pre-kindergarteners.

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