Turning the Page
WISH LIST: $100: full set of books for a family attending Community Nights for 1 year; $500: film and developing for 2 Literacy Through Photography classrooms; $1000: 4 Community Night dinners
According to the National Institute of Literacy, Washington, DC has the lowest adult literacy rate in the nation. And parents who cannot read with their kids find it much more challenging to support their learning. So Turning the Page makes education a family affair. Community Nights bring everyone together for workshops, mentoring, dinner, and book giveaways. Visits from popular authors make reading come alive, while discussions cover everything from parental involvement at school, to academic standards, peer pressure, and preparing for college. The year-long Literacy Through Photography program provides students with cameras, encouraging them to photograph, and write about, their world. In visits to collaborating museums they learn about photography as an art-form, tie what they learn to their own images, and display their written and visual work at an opening for family and friends. TTP has distributed 65,000 books, sponsored trips to 15 museums, and hosted 500 Community Nights. What could be more gratifying than helping parents and children develop a love of learning?
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