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Poughkeepsie NY Community Book Fair

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"STRENGTHENING THE MINDS OF YOUNG BLACK CHILDREN ONE BOOK AT A TIME"

Money is being raised to buy books with black characters for our black youth to read. Many of our black youth do not read as much as they should and reading is essential to their education and helps shape their future. Reading helps increase knowledge, concentration and increases their chance at a successful future. 

There will be two book fairs held at The Family Partnership. The first one is Friday, January 11, 2019 from 4pm-7pm. For ages 4-10.

One study shows that far too many black students who finish high school do as functional illiterates - that is, they cannot read and write at a basic level requisite for functional participation in modern life. Also, only 18% of black 4th graders were proficient in reading, but 8th grade was even worse with only 16%. The earlier we start them reading, the better our youth will communicate, have increase language skills, knowledge and when parents read to their child(ren) it creates a deeper bond. 

We pray for that the community will be a blessing to our youth and donate money to help buy books. We thank you in advance for what you will give. This will show our black youth that their community does care for them. We will encourage our youth to be the best they can be. Reading will help build their confidence. This book fair is just the beginning of of making reading a priority in our black youth. The books that are chosen are books with black characters. It is important for our youth to see characters in books that look like them.

Our mission is to make reading essential and fun for young people. Training our youth to be "Readers and Leaders."

"You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read." - Ce'sar Cha'vez

If you are interested in registering your child for this book fair, please do so at blackbooks.ticketleap.com/bookfair. DEADLINE for registration is December 28, 2018. YOU MUST REGISTER TO BY DECEMBER 28, 2019 AND NO LATER TO JOIN US. NO EXCEPTIONS!

Blessings,

Stacey Bottoms

Organizer

Stacey Bottoms
Organizer
Poughkeepsie, NY

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