Animal Rescue League of Berks County's
Book Buddies program is a hit: Cat adoptions have increased, and the program went viral when it was picked up by the news
Realizing that other kids could also benefit from a furry, nonjudgmental audience, Rodriguez launched the shelter's
Book Buddies program in August 2013.
Cassandra Kraus, 1st grader at Conrad Weiser West, came in to participate in
the Book Buddies Program
Please Note that the March 30th
Book Buddies program has been Canceled due to unforeseen circumstances.
This is a free event for children to celebrate our newly remodeled cat rooms and relaunch
our Book Buddies program.
The Book Buddies program provides children a place to come read to animals at the shelter and a Happily Ever After program highlights fairytale stories and shares with children how the pets at the shelter can find their «happily ever after» as well.
Not exact matches
One such volunteer tutoring
program,
Book Buddies, has evolved in the Charlottesville city schools since 1992.
To better meet the needs of this population, we expanded the
program in 1997 - 98 by creating
Book Buddies II.
About a year ago I wrote a piece for Cat Channel (Cat Fancy's website), about an innovative
program at Animal Rescue League of Berks County in Mohnton, PA called «
Book Buddies» where children read to shelter cats.
Check out
Book Buddies, a cat - focused reading
program from Animal Rescue League of Berks County.
One
program,
Book Buddies, allows children to read to shelter animals, and another, Running Dog, provides increased enrichment and awareness.