USS George W.H. Bush chaplain and library staff with the brand new drone
Posted on 05-16-2013
Judith’s Reading Room was just sent this photo of the chaplain and library staff with the brand new drone on board the USS GEORGE W.H. BUSH.
These are the soldiers who handle the books that we ship to the aircraft carrier each month.
If you were watching the news this week, you would have seen live footage of the USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (CVN 77) – the aircraft carrier …Read More…
Author Jerry Spinelli Chats with Judith’s Reading Room and Teens from Children’s Home of Easton
Posted on 05-14-2013
On May 5, 2013, members of the Judith’s Reading Room Board of Directors hosted teens from the Children’s Home of Easton on a trip to Malvern, Pa. to meet Newberry-winning author Jerry Spinelli. The group spoke to the author at the People’s Light and Theater before attending the play adaption of Spinelli’s novel Stargirl.
Spinelli, who won a Newberry Award in 1991 …Read More…
Libraries dedicated in Cambodia for "Scavenger Children"
Posted on 05-09-2013
On Sunday, April 14, Robert Lucas returned to his ancestral home in Cambodia with two boxes full of children’s books, the latest donations from Judith’s Reading Room.
On Saturday, May 4, Judith’s Reading Room dedicated two libraries in Cambodia. The first library of 76 c…Read More…
Boxing Party #38 – Volunteers Pack 1,158 Books
Posted on 05-08-2013
On Monday night, 20 volunteer Boxers poured into Judith’s Reading Room to select books the troops at our 38th consecutive Boxing Party. Half of the group decided to pick books for homeless female vets and their children who visit a shelter in Asheville, NC because we all felt the sting of their situation. We learned that each night, there are more than 80,000 vets with…Read More…
Cathy Leiber is Recipient of CARE’s 2013 Celebrate Literacy Award
Posted on 05-03-2013
Cathy Leiber, who was named award recipient “for exemplary service in the promotion of literacy” accepted the 2013 Celebrate Literacy Award on behalf of Judith’s Reading Room. Judith’s Reading Room was presented with a check and 24 new books inscribed: “This book is a gift from the Colonial Association of Reading Educators — CARE — to Judith’s Reading Room 2013.”
World Book Day Dedication Expands Costa Rica’s Academia Teocali’s Library by 800%
Posted on 04-23-2013
Judith’s Reading Room Establishes Presence in Central America Thirty years ago, Costa Rica’s Guanacastean people, who wanted their children to have private bilingual education had to send them four hours away to Costa Rica’s capital, San Jose. Today, in celebration of World Book Day, that is not an issue, thanks to concerned parents who built a school now ranked in t…Read More…
News out of Nigeria – New shipment of children’s books to Yola By-Pass
Posted on 04-12-2013
Photos and a letter from Karon K. Harden, Academic Liaison for Community Engagement and Service Learning at the American University of Nigera, Yola By-Pass
I am happy to report that thanks to the books we received from the March 2013 shipment from Judith’s Reading Room, we were able to inaugurate our STELLAR project lending library yesterday.
The 70 books were distr…Read More…
Judith’s Reading Room Intern, Erin D’Amilio named Fulbright Scholar!
Posted on 04-03-2013
Our 2012-2013 intern, Erin D’Amelio, a senior at Lafayette College, learned today that she has been named Fulbright Scholar. Erin will travel to Malaysia in January 2014 to serve as an English teaching assistant as a part of the Fulbright’s U.S. Student Program. Erin will assemble a hand-picked collection of children’s books from the Judith’s Reading Room collectio…Read More…
Book Donation Aimed at Young Veterans with Children
Posted on 04-03-2013
Judith’s Reading Room Military Program Expands to New York – Judith’s Reading Room, a nonprofit literacy organization that serves active-duty military and returning vets, expands to New York. Canandaigua VA, New York, is the eighth VA hospital to join its “VA 100” book donation program.
The latest request for books came from the library at Canandaigua VA, sout…Read More…
1000 Books Donated to Hispanic Center Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program
Posted on 02-13-2013
Judith’s Reading Room donated 1,000 books to the Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley for use in its Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program.
Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley serves about 2,500 low income individuals each month whose children are typically not enrolled in daycare or pre-K programs. As a result, these vulnerable children start kindergarten without the reading …Read More…
53 Cases of New Books Arrived Today!
Posted on 02-01-2013
53 cases of new books arrived at Judith’s Reading Room today — all donated
by Hachette Book Group in New York City will provide much-needed diversion for our patriots serving in Kuwait, Afghanistan, and on-board the USS GEORGE
H.W. BUSH AIRCRAFT carrier.Read More…
14 Year Old Student Surprises Judith’s Reading Room On Martin Luther King Day of Service
Posted on 01-22-2013
Alyson Frey, an eighth grade student at Easton Area Middle School arrived Monday, Martin Luther King Day, at Judith’s Reading Room, with her parents and younger sister, Rachel, in a van packed with 2,500 children’s books she had collected from friends and neighbors.
Alyson organized a Facebook event, sent e-mails, wrote letters and flyers to get the word out about …Read More…
Judith’s Reading Room Library Opens in Polenë
Posted on 12-20-2012
On Wednesday, December 19th 2012, Judith’s Reading Room opened its second library in Albania in the historic village of Polenë, outside the city of Korçë. At the primary school there, teachers and students spent the last day of school before the winter break, organizing books and setting-up the English language library. The library will be used to help improve student…Read More…
Children’s library on board the USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (CVN 77)
Posted on 12-12-2012
Judith’s Reading Room announced today its donation of a children’s library on board the USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (CVN 77) aircraft carrier. This is the second library Judith’s Reading Room has donated to the presidential carrier. This donation of 436 children’s books valued at $4,927 will give the 4,500 Sailors more opportunities to stay connected with their childr…Read More…
A collaborating effort opens Queen Noor Al-Hussein Library and Jane Goodall Library
Posted on 12-11-2012
In collaboration with The World Is Just A Book Away, today the Queen Noor Al-Hussein Library serving 315 students and the Jane Goodall Library serving 254 students were opened. In 2012, Judith’s Reading Room opened 12 English-language children’s libraries with a donation of 1,200 books that will serve a total of 3,488 students who now have access to children’s bo…Read More…
